Are you kidding?? McCain will never win CA! All that has to be said is that there are Supreme Court issues that will be all about Roe v. Wade and it will be all over! You tout the Arnold factor, but don't mention the importance of Maria Shriver and many other prominant democrats (e.g., Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Barbara Lee, etc.). The list is endless.

CA for Obama - No problem!

Arnold popular… obviously you don't live in California. What he's about to do with his proposed state budget cuts will only further lower his approval rating. California is definitely Liberal and Democrat country!

Oh and Brian in Knoxville…..have you heard??? California is facing a BUDGET CRISES!!!! Schwarzenegger's approval rating is at a ALL TIME LOW!!!! CAHLEEFOURNEYAH says no to Schwarzenegger and Mc Shame.

California? Not a chance, though the Republicans like to talk big when it comes to certain states they know they can't win. New Jersey is another example. I'm not saying McCain can't win the Nov election - he can based only on his blessed fortune of having Barack as his rival. McCain is the weakest Repub candidate since Bob Dole in 1996, but Obama has so many weaknesses that I can't even come up with a comparison. Oh, Mitt Romney, don't let those what-might-have-beens drive you mad. It's not worth it.

CALIFORNIA = OBAMA

Let's see here: Santa Barbara resident Oprah Winfrey is a staunch Obama backer. Barbra Streisand is a staunch Democrat. Most of the Hollywood entertainment industry is Democrat. How many in the entertainment industry do you think we'll see walking the campaign trail, recording campaign ads and fund raising for McCain?

No wonder he is targeting California. Not only does he need votes, he needs our money. Hollywood fund raisers are among the most lucrative.

But we also have many military installations up and down the coast and believe me, we would rather have our troops back here rather than champion an out of touch old fart whose intention is to keep this middle east war going for another 100 years with a failed foreign policy built on lies.

He must be daft to think he has a chance to carry California.

California elected a moderate Republican in a Recall vote and a Re-election. McCain Can win California in November.

Obama has a lock on the Electoral college delegate from the District of Columbia…and Nothing else!!!

McCain? In Cali? Sure, if you take away all the young people, all the educated people, and all the "minorities". The 20% remaining (old, rich, white, republicans) *might* vote for him & THEN he'll win!

Here in Cali, no one's impressed with Arnie - he took away our funding for EDUCATION!!! This, I remind you, is the platform on which he ran his campaign! No one cares what he says anymore.

Potentially.

Asians, Latinos and some women will go for McCain, especially if he picks a strong VP, and Obama does not pick Clinton.

If Obama picks Clinton there is no way he will lose California or any of the big blue states.

Mc-ar-Cane will lose by the largest margins in history. He and his party will be humbled for the next 8 years, at which time they will lose by a small margin due to failing memories. After that, history will be likely to repet itself very shortly.

I live in the SF Bay Area. It's Obama all the way here. My friends in LA are big Obama supporters, too. The former Hillary supporters I know are voting for Obama. It makes no sense to support Hillary and then vote for McCain.

McCain? In Cali? Sure, if you take away all the young people, all the educated people, and all the "minorities". The 20% remaining (old, rich, white, republicans) *might* vote for him & THEN he'll win!

Here in Cali, no one's impressed with Arnie - he took away our funding for EDUCATION!!! This, I remind you, is the platform on which he ran his campaign! No one cares what he says anymore.

"Ooo, I can misspell McCain's name to incorporate Bush. I am such a smart guy. I am so clever at putting 'Mc' before other insulting words. And I'm sure I am demonstrating all the positive message of hope and change of my candidate, Obama, by making these super-clever personal attacks against his opponents."

Of course McCain does. He's also going to have a strong chance of winning Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan which means he's going to walk to the White House. Obama is not as popular as he or his supporters think he is.

I feel that McCain has a very good chance of being our next president.
There is a lot of truth in the saying that you can't go wrong underestimating the intelligence of the American voters. After all..they voted for GW Bush .. twice … for the most asinine reasons.
I hear a lot of Democrats saying they will vote for McCain because "he has more experience" and they "don't like what the Democratic party did to the Florida voters in the primary; as if the Republican party didn't do the same. No, I just don't think the voters can reach down and vote for a (half) black candidate.

Cali, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Florida, West VA, TX are all going to McCain, us dems have no chance now. 18 million voted in this country for hillary, more than McCain and Obama but the two with the least votes are somehow in the race. Its about time we count votes and not delagets. del count does not reflect the will of the people. Just the will ove the most populated city areas, us small town folks have no chance in the world, we better pray and we better stick to our guns because by the time these two have at it and one is chosen i beleave we will still be left out.

Here is a prayer for us little folks.

GodBless us everyone

McRigid win California? I doubt it.
Obama has run a completely organised, intelligent, strategic campaign, and I think it reflects well on his governing skills.
On the other hand the Republican presumptive nominee has gone from a Maverick to a conservative to get his parties nomination to now pandering to Hillary's supporters to win the election - and now jettisoning some of the many lobbyists who have been directing his campaign.

I don't know any Republicans that are crazy about him. Even the independents who liked him say never mind what he is saying now - he is only doing it to get the conservatives on board and when he is in office - then he can do what he likes.
Hmmm. Not a resounding vote of confidence there. "Never mind what he says, he doesn't really mean it."

*****JOHN MCCAIN - LIKE BUSH, BUT OLDER*****

I don't think Pastor Hagee is popular in California.

In my view, McCain offers a third Bush term with the possibility of Romney destroying social security.

With the shape my country is in, no jobs, soldiers dying for a lie, high food, high gas just to name a few, if this country puts any of them (republicans) in office, we deserve exactly as we get. The trouble is, I and all of my children and grandchildren will suffer. Along with the poor soldiers who will have to bomb, bomb bombbomb bomb Iran.

"If bumper stickers in Sacramento are any indication, approximately one out of every ten cars have Obama stickers. I've only seen two McCain stickers over the past month."

In my county I see Obama stickers everywhere. I have only ever seen two or three Hillary stickers and, I kid you not, only one McCain.

Does the man whose speeches can put people to sleep have a chance? Not a snowball's in Hades.
This guy gets worse the more speeches he gives.
Keep up those speaking engagements, Gramps!!

NO WAY!!! i live here in Cali and i already got Obama supporters working for him down here.. Obama will win California and thats a fact..

McSame doesn't stand a chane in California. Cali belongs to the Dems. By the way…McSame is not GOP; he's more like GOB. Think about it Cali.

CA is a progressive state that isn't going to regress in November unless McCain positions himself as a moderate (which he isn't) and scares Latinos and Asians into voting against Obama. Even though Hillary trounced Obama in the February primary here, thanks largely to huge majorities among Latinos and Asians, recent polls show Obama is now more popular than Hillary in CA. Which continues the trend of Obama performing well when people get to know him better.

McBu$h hasn't got a snowflakes chance in…..well, you can guess where! Sorry, Bu$h & Clinton fans, McOldManYellsAtClouds is going to be CREAMED by Obama nationwide, come November!

hedge your bet and turn your coat one more time, blitzer!

NO. Republicans will vote for Obama.

What a joke - a governor who can't do a thing shaking the hand of a presidential candidate who has never done a thing.

And Wolf's article refers to "Arnold Schwarzenegger — a popular twice-elected governor."

Twice elected? Yes. Popular? No. Poor Mr. Blitzer has a lot to learn about the pulse of California.

Yea McCain's only chance is to send diebold lots of money so they will cheat for this republican president just like the last two elections. There are so many voting irregularities it makes me sick. From the Democratic primary, there are African American neighborhoods in brooklyn that are recorded as giving Obama 0% of the vote. How does this crap still go on and nobody does anything.

maybe if he never make's another speech..

I do not know about Caliifornia but McBush was a joke today in Florida. He had the nerve to take an eco tour of the Evergaldes by Air Boat. I guess he thinks we are too ignorant to know that he voted against the Bill to preserve the Everglades and said it was because he thought it was Government waste. But I guess a never ending war in Iraq is not wastefull.

If California turns red, which I believe is an event of high probability as a result of Obama's low popularity among asains and latinos and the republican's state machine, democrats are TOAST. This is something I'm sitting back holding my breath for.

Senator Obama and his people need to get on the phone with Mayor Villaraigosa NOW. The mayor is a total rock star in Los Angeles and in the Latino community. Senator Obama needs someone like Mayor Villaraigosa — who is bilingual and well-known — to introduce him to Latino voters who might not know Obama well.

Are you kidding me?

There are so many smart people down here in CA and i hope the same in rest of the country.

Yes We Can!

Obama '08 '12

Kali forrNia is out of bounds for Mc Cain.

Lots of people in California like Arnold as governor (or "Governator"), but vote Democratic otherwise. Obama shouldn't have a problem here.

The fact is that Obama is leading McCain in the polls by a huge margin in California. In fact his lead is higher than McCain's lead in Texas. So before we start thinking California could turn red, lets think about Texas turning blue.

McCain says he hates War yet he uses a Military Service AD like this to gain votes. He knows that strong miliray service has often gained votes and this is his only strong point. McCain also knows that the Iraq War is big big business. His Corporate Bilionaire supporters are makeing millions of dollars a day from the Iraq war and are in no hurry to end it. McCain has over one hundred corporate lobby crooks directly involved in his campaign.In conclussion, McCain equals war!

No…go ahead and waste your time all you want in the liberal stronghold of California.

Only in Nixon's Orange Curtain and 1 or 2 other counties BARELY have a majority of Republicans. Otherwise it's Democratic country. I don't even know any Republicans that live in a 50 square mile from here.

I hope it changes. Sen. Obama has their best interests at heart. I hope he can bring all Dems. together for the sake of the country and the world. Many Latinos have died in Iraq. Let's stop this madness and bring them home.

BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME AND SEND MCCAIN AND BUSH TO IRAN AND IRAQ TO FINISH THE MESS THEY STARTED. DON'T VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN TO HELP HIM PROVE HE IS RIGHT ABOUT IRAQ AFTER ALMOST 5,000 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN KILLED. IF JOHN MCCAIN HAS HIS WAY WE WILL LOSE MANY MORE SOLDIERS IN THIS SENSELESS WAR. BRING YOUR SON AND DAUGHTERS HOME. SEND MCCAIN AND BUSH.

Can pigs fly?……………..ok, a little joke there. I would like to think that both candidates have a shot in every state. However, McCain probably does not have much of a shot in Cali……..as Obama does not in Utah.

Absolutely not. California is a solidly Democratic state that will go hands down for Barack Obama. California is an open-minded, progressive state that will not help elect a conservative, George W Bush, Jr.

I DONT THINK OBAMA HAS A SNOWBALLS CHANCE OF WINNING CALIFORNIA. TOO MANY HISPANICS WHO LOVE CLINTON. TOO MANY CLINTON LOVERS, WHO DONT LIKE THE WAY SHE AND BILL WERE TREATED. I DONT THINK MCCAIN WILL HAVE TROUBLE THERE. HES MORE MODERATE , AND HAS VOTED ACCROSS PARTY LINES ALOT. ANGERED MOST REPUBLICANS IN THE PROCESS DOING IT. I THINK HE WILL DO WELL.

McSame is not a Schwarzenegger. Citizen Cane voted for the war in Iraq and to this day thinks it was the right thing to do even though it is now proven that McBush lied and McSame knew it at the time.

Shame on this president and his flunky McCain, our dead men and women are layed right on your heads (and I urge the next president to hold war crime court on the entire lot of them)

No way….McCain has no chance here in Cali. Orange county and san diego county maybe the only high populated areas that may vote for him. But LA county, san francisco, alameda, san jose, sacremento counties etc will overwhelmingly vote democratic.

As a Californian, I would say NO.

No chance.

Villaraigosa is a romeo. He has no followers in LA. John McCain will win California. Vote John McCain..

OMG you are trying to make this a story. It will be a 10 point blow out. Cmon!

Enough already!!!! The so called tensions in the Democratic party are being stirred up by you. You are trying to manufacture "news" by harping on Senator Clinton. I don't hear anybody talking about this except the news media. Let's report on actual news instead of talking about things that don't really matter.

You know He very well could. Hilary overwelmingly took calif. Obama once again really an unknown. Doesnt have much of a record if at all. Mccain will have the support of Arnold despite Kennedys cries to elect Obama. Without Hilary I dont think obama has a chance. The oprah effect may have launched his campain with black voters but it turned off white voters. He refused support from brad pitt, still I dont understand why. He and His wife humanitarians do alot of great work around the world, it baffles me why he would refuse his endorsement. In the hollywood community thats a no no. To let oprah publicly endorse you but not someone who has helped so many especially during Katrina. Where Obama seems to have ignored them. I think it will be tough.

McCane has no chance anywhere. He is panderer.

One week he is licking Bush's boots to collect money, and the following week, he numerates his differences with Bush. He makes me SICK.

No way, no how!!!! No more Bush=McCain!!! We need changes and we need them now. Only a fool would want any more of the garbage we Americans have had to deal with.

No he has NO chance. McCain is weak among "lations". Gallup have Obama up by more than 30% in this group. CA is EXTREMLY safe democratic and i find the question from Wolf STUPID.

After you McShame supporters vote, be sure to explain to you children that they may or may not live to be a young adult. Explain why we are fighting a war that was WRONG in the first place. Explain why your president revels in the glory of war. Then take them to a funeral home and let them pick out their casket, you know, just so they feel included. IDIOTS !

To the RNC & McCain campaign leadership team:
Please spend money here, lots and lots of your hard earned money. McCain really has a chance here in California, seriously. Pay no attention to those whiny battleground states, California is where it's at baby.

Just get out your check books and spend as much money as you can, you won't be sorry.

- Brock Landers

The state as a whole has voted Democratic for years. Kerry won here and he was no where near as good a campaigner or as strong a candidate as Obama. The Los Angeles County and San Francisco Bay area votes alone will far outnumber Republican voters in smaller rural areas. If bumper stickers in Sacramento are any indication, approximately one out of every ten cars have Obama stickers. I've only seen two McCain stickers over the past month.

Schwarzenegger's approval rating is now at 31%. I wouldn't say that he's popular.

I will vote for Ron Paul and make sure McSame loses.

Wolf just be on the safe side for Obama to carry California is to have a DREAM TICKET and it would break the dead heat in the polls too if you have that DREAM TICKET and possiblity of turning all states from red to BLUE.

oh !! this is easy"NO"

no. Latinos should vote Obama because he opens the door for all minority groups.

Come on Wolf, there's too much really going on in the world to get caught up in fairy tales.

McSAME doesn't have a chance in the entire U.S.! They know it.

VETS FOR OBAMA/WEBB

No, McCain has no chance in California and no chance to win.

It's time for change!!!!!

I am a California democrat and i will be voting for McCain…and i know plenty of other democrats who will be doing the same. I dont think McCain will win CA but it wont be a cakewalk like Obama thinks.

Let women VOTE against Obama. In the next 8 years, I will be one of those who will remind those women that, they–
–sold the well-being of women's rights per decisions of the Supreme Court
–sold the well-being of the future of their children
–sold the opportunity of women to be potential presidential candidates
–contributed to the screw up in the Educational system of this nation
–made it more difficult for our men and women to leave Iraq
—-and the list goes on!

Plus, many of us believe that Obama will be a great president.

As a Californian, I would be utterly shocked if CA does not go for Obama. We hate the war, we hate Bush, and we see McCain as a continuation of Bush's policies. We will remain blue.

Not a chance.

McCain winning California…don't think so

John Mccain has to run on his own merritt, republicans have done a terrible job with this country and leaning on an unpopular president and an unpopular governor is not going to help him win. California has some of the highest foreclosure rates, the governor has fired many teachers and the budget is in terrible shape in California. I don't see McCain winning with the economy the way it is right now.

I voted for Hillary but now I'm 100% behind McCain! Get ready for a RED California this fall!

Viva JUAN McCain!

This is crazy talk. CA is liberal country and, that aside, they can't put the economy in the hands of someone who admits not knowing much about it with the biggest one-month jump in unemployment in history and oil closing at a record high, yet again, today.

No Way,

As a Californian,
As a Democrat,
and as a Latino.

No 3rd term for John McBush

Arnold Schwarzenegger Popular?????

Do you live in Cali? I do, and he is anything but popular.

Get your facts together.

OBAMA 08

California will not be in the play at the current moment. If the economy is the top issue and the economic conditions will unlikely improve significantly, then McCain does not have a chance. However, if there are some big terrorist attacks in the U.S. or Europe or if there is a new war, then it will be a different environment. For instance, if Israel bombs Iran's nuclear facility to get a new war started, then it will be a different situation. No one knows what will happen then. Both McCain and Obama will likely strongly support Israel. The anti-war groups will be disappointed and will be less energetic in supporting Obama and the pre-war groups will more likely rally behind McCain. In that case, McCain gets a chance.

Before Bill Clinton won California in 1992, California had go to Republicans for a long time (1988 to Bush, 1980 and 1984 to Reagan, 1976 to Ford, 1972 and 1968 to Nixon, 1960 to Nixon). It is not a given California will always go to Democrats.

We do not want to know him. The more we find out about him the less we like him. I do not know if McCain can win California, but it could place stress on Obama to make overt appeals to Chicanos in the fall. That would be great for Mexican Americans to have both parties activley pursueing their votes by setting out policy that we deal with our needs. Good Luck John. I believe many Latinos around the country will support him.

There is no way that Senator Obama can win these Latino's votes

He will never ever be able to attract this crowd any more than the Jewish voters.

He really didn't win this election. If Florida and Michigan were included in this primary, as they should have been, Obama wouldn't even be in the general election.

No one will forget his standing up for government. All of Americans will not forget his acting like a coward.

The media is not speaking for Clinton supporters or the American people.

Not to mention there is an elephant in the voting booth: the African AMerican vote. No one will ever know the impact of that silent voice.

McCain will win this election. It's ashame that Democrats don't see that.

no

Heck NO!!!! We don't want a third bush term and yes wiretapping is illegal.

this guy does not have chance any where only in his ranch in arizona

no

Wolf,
Are you kidding? 0, nada, none, no chance whatsoever.

Arnold has proven himself to be a moderate Republican and effective governor… why not?

CITIZENS FOR McCAIN '08

Don't be surprised if California goes to McCain.

I think they will vote for McCain .

The Governor isn't that popular in all sections of the state and his wife is also a supporter of Senator Obama.

Outside of Orange County, there will be few areas where Senator McCain will be able to lay claim to vast support.

McCain has a big shot in California. We like bipartisan leaders, like our Governator. Good luck Obama. California is NOW in play. Maybe Hillary can give you some help in this state.

WHEN PIGS FLY!!!

Wolf,

Your notion here is a waste of hot air. Plus, Arnold isn't popular in California these days…at all! Have you paid attention to the news, even in the slightest?

No. Actually, make that a H*E*L*L NO!!!!

Schwarzenegger… popular? Woh - somebody hasn't done their homework on California. The Governor is really unpopular here at the moment given his handling of the economy and the budget.

When it is all said and done, McCain will win 40 states including California.

I dont think so, sorry Mccain

Yes he does, he has my vote. I am a 44 year old women in California and a Democrat, I think his Plans are pretty good.

NEVER

About as much a chance as there is for Bush's approval rating to hit 50% by Novemeber.

Answer: NO!

No McCain can not win. Time for the Latinos to get it right this time. Vote Obama!

Can John McCain put California in play in the general election?

No; people in California understand whats at stake!

I doubt that any republican will ever take CA again. But can you imagine if they did? There wouldn't be any more democrat presidents.

McBush doesnt have a chance anywhere. Old war pig…

Schwarzenegger does not have the best reputation with the deficit and lack of school funding in California so I don't think his support will put Mc Cain over the top.

Obama will win California the second time around

I don't Know about the rest of the state but he does not have a snoballs chance in hell winning anything here in San Francisco. Tell him not to even waist his time trying. This city is full of educated people and you know who we support.

No!

No, I live in California, and he is not favored here at all. At least in Los Angeles, this is Obama country.

Sure he does because he is a liberal like the majority of voters out there.

Of course Wolf,
Especially when there are scores of delusional HRC supporters, McCain will win the GE too.
The thing is these fools who think they are "proving a point" to the DNC will realise their folly when the economy is burnt to cinders.

By the way delusional HRC supporters (or MCCain Democrats as they call themselves), The Dow tanked 400 points today and unemployment is higher. I guess this will not even be news once McCain is elected (cos it is gonna be an everyday feature)

Wolf, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!