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As Republican field grows in presidential campaign, Californians ponder their best choice
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_28478317/republican-field-grows-californians-ponder-their-best-choiceWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign launch Monday means 15 GOP candidates now are seeking the White House with at least two more on the way, leaving California Republicans with an embarrassment of riches -- or maybe just embarrassment, in some cases.
Donald Trump was in Los Angeles last week, Jeb Bush will be all over California this week, Ben Carson is coming to Alameda County next week, but who will still be standing next June when Golden State Republicans go to the polls for what's often a you-no-longer-matter presidential primary? And next November, who might appeal most or offend least in this deep-blue stronghold, which hasn't supported a Republican for the White House since George H.W. Bush in 1988?
Like everything with the GOP race, there's no simple answer. Californians who fret about government surveillance and overseas entanglements might be hot for Rand Paul. Some might find Carly Fiorina's Silicon Valley business record appealing. Bush could tempt those who want an immigration policy and Spanish fluency to attract Latino voters; there's Trump, for those who don't.
From far Northern California's "State of Jefferson" separatists to Silicon Valley's tech money moguls to Orange County's libertarians, "there are probably pockets of support for all 17 of them somewhere in California," said Dan Schnur, a longtime Republican strategist who now directs the University of Southern California's Unruh Institute of Politics.
Donald Trump was in Los Angeles last week, Jeb Bush will be all over California this week, Ben Carson is coming to Alameda County next week, but who will still be standing next June when Golden State Republicans go to the polls for what's often a you-no-longer-matter presidential primary? And next November, who might appeal most or offend least in this deep-blue stronghold, which hasn't supported a Republican for the White House since George H.W. Bush in 1988?
Like everything with the GOP race, there's no simple answer. Californians who fret about government surveillance and overseas entanglements might be hot for Rand Paul. Some might find Carly Fiorina's Silicon Valley business record appealing. Bush could tempt those who want an immigration policy and Spanish fluency to attract Latino voters; there's Trump, for those who don't.
From far Northern California's "State of Jefferson" separatists to Silicon Valley's tech money moguls to Orange County's libertarians, "there are probably pockets of support for all 17 of them somewhere in California," said Dan Schnur, a longtime Republican strategist who now directs the University of Southern California's Unruh Institute of Politics.
"or maybe just embarrassment, in some cases."
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She has set up shop in Virginia. 
