Some Republicans Think Left Turn Is a ‘New Way’

Schwarzenegger is baaack, and joins forces with Assembly capitulators to, er, revive the state’s collapsing Republican Party

Steven Greenhut January 11, 2018

 

Some bad ideas — and bad politicians — just won’t go away.

Former California Republican Assembly leader Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley, who was pressured to leave his top leadership post after signing on to Gov. Jerry Brown’s 10-year extension of the business-killing cap-and-trade program, has announced a “new” plan to help the GOP “regain its relevance,” as the Los Angeles Times put it this week. It’s more likely to put an end to any vestige of relevance the collapsing party may still have.

Mayes’ project will create a super PAC as the party heads into the 2018 elections. “New Way California” promises to reach out to Democratic and independent voters who typically ignore GOP candidates, which is a necessary goal, of course. But these moderate Republicans are embracing a foolish way to reach them. They’ve enlisted the help of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose failed administration pioneered some of the environmental policies that the Democrats are expanding upon today.

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