Adam Weinberg
Goldwater Republican
http://www.campbell.org
I had the chance to see this gentleman speak to one of the student groups I'm advising. While at first I thought his views were exceptionally valuable, I had also thought that due to the major dogfight between Poizner and Whitman, his candidacy was a virtual impossibility.
Boy, am I glad to be wrong.
Turns out, public opinion has been rewarding Mr. Campbell for just the right reasons. He has the experience, the knowledge, and has actually thought in detail about solutions for California's problems and is presenting them in a substantial way.
And though he is very comfortable associating with libertarians, he is prudent enough to realize that adopting ideologically-rigid libertarian political goals as his Day One agenda is a political non-starter. He will disappoint some purists, but I am not a purist with too much to say nor a moderate with nothing to say, and so Campbell's message works for me.
We can fortunately say that practical and libertarian-minded solutions on the budget, taxes, and social issues have much more broad appeal, and as a student of Milton Friedman, he would work to enact them.
It is also to his credit that he isn't trying to buy the race. Sure, he can't afford to. But the fact that this isn't preventing people from getting on board with his message is very reassuring.
Even the Democrats think Campbell can beat them. While I am certainly looking forward to the debates between the GOP candidates to see if Campbell can hold his own in that arena, I think in a head to head match-up with either Brown or Newsom, where the most pressing issues of the state are the core of the discussion, Campbell will have a chance to bring a lot more folks on board from all parties.
Finally, for social conservatives who will be pulling their hair out if this man wins the nomination: while it may be your opinion and preference that the GOP here be more socially conservative, what California needs right now is about economics and government reform. Period. This guy has my vote.
I had the chance to see this gentleman speak to one of the student groups I'm advising. While at first I thought his views were exceptionally valuable, I had also thought that due to the major dogfight between Poizner and Whitman, his candidacy was a virtual impossibility.
Boy, am I glad to be wrong.
Turns out, public opinion has been rewarding Mr. Campbell for just the right reasons. He has the experience, the knowledge, and has actually thought in detail about solutions for California's problems and is presenting them in a substantial way.
And though he is very comfortable associating with libertarians, he is prudent enough to realize that adopting ideologically-rigid libertarian political goals as his Day One agenda is a political non-starter. He will disappoint some purists, but I am not a purist with too much to say nor a moderate with nothing to say, and so Campbell's message works for me.
We can fortunately say that practical and libertarian-minded solutions on the budget, taxes, and social issues have much more broad appeal, and as a student of Milton Friedman, he would work to enact them.
It is also to his credit that he isn't trying to buy the race. Sure, he can't afford to. But the fact that this isn't preventing people from getting on board with his message is very reassuring.
Even the Democrats think Campbell can beat them. While I am certainly looking forward to the debates between the GOP candidates to see if Campbell can hold his own in that arena, I think in a head to head match-up with either Brown or Newsom, where the most pressing issues of the state are the core of the discussion, Campbell will have a chance to bring a lot more folks on board from all parties.
Finally, for social conservatives who will be pulling their hair out if this man wins the nomination: while it may be your opinion and preference that the GOP here be more socially conservative, what California needs right now is about economics and government reform. Period. This guy has my vote.
