Comments by "disgruntledtoons" (@disgruntledtoons) on "Celebrities are turning on California's progressive leadership." video.

While the misguidedness of the elected officials is the immediate cause, the antecedent cause is that for state-wide offices in California, and most other offices as well, the Democratic nomination is the real election. And if you follow politics, the nomination depends more on one's ability to manipulate the party machinery than it depends on presenting a compelling case to the electorate. The race goes to the slickest. But the cause of the one-party rule is the electorate, specifically, the voters who care only about ideological issues and vote to preserve the Democratic position on that issue, even if it means voting for a potato head.
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