Memo Paints Grim Picture of California Republicans

The Los Angeles Times reports that “buried in the avalanche of documents released in the state probe of secretive political groups was a fairly succinct description of the problems facing California Republicans.”

The memo was from GOP consultant Jeff Miller: “Over the last two decades, California’s working class has slowly migrated out of the state and Latino and women voters are completely disenfranchised with the Republican Party. There are only a few pockets of conservative voters left in the state and they are only able to help carry the day for Republicans in ultra-low turnout elections on issues where campaign spending is at parity or to the Republican advantage, and where the Democratic and union grass-roots apparatus is not activated.”

“There is no good way to sugarcoat this… The Republican label is anathema to younger voters, women and Latinos — growing voter blocs with real significance to future elections.”