California and GOP
Republicans, except for John McCain, do not realize it is their party that has turned people off as far as politics are concerned. Your own quotes of George W. Bush regarding his chances in California tell this story better then anything else (April 6). You say, “He seemed to reach a bit, though, by claiming a cultural affinity with California based in part on a youth spent in Midland, Texas. Californians have ‘a healthy disrespect of Washington and its bureaucracies. There’s kind of an outsider feel to California,’ Bush ventured. ‘I feel that way too. And I think people are going to sense that in me over time.’ ”
What Californians may dislike is an obstructive Congress that is Republican-controlled.
JACK SEIDMAN
Long Beach
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