So the Republican candidates are essentially running a negative campaign against California,” said Dan Schnur, a politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine. “For an Iowa Republican — or any Republican for that matter — that’s an absolutely terrifying concept.”California was once a Republican stronghold, launching the political careers of Presidents Nixon and Reagan. AdvertisementThis electoral cycle, DeSantis compared Haley to Newsom, whom he debated in November , at a CNN face-off in Des Moines last week. DeSantis brought up Pelosi while lamenting the lack of rules on members of Congress while campaigning at Jethro’s BBQ in Ames. California has got the biggest deficit and California is moving in the wrong direction,” Branstad said in an interview.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2024 19:04 UTC