Sen. John McCain has said he's planning to make a serious push to win in California come November. The Arizona Republican has some things going for him, not the least of which is that his rival, Barack Obama, was defeated handily here by Hillary Clinton.

This morning, new California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass dismissed the suggestion that McCain could win a state that has reliably gone to Democrats in presidential elections for two decades.

"I don't see a lot of electricity or excitement," Bass said of McCain's campaign.

Bass, D-Los Angeles, said her own election is evidence that Hispanic voters in California will support black candidates.

She vowed do anything she could to help Obama's campaign, but said she was disappointed that the Illinois Senator didn't spend more time in California before February's primary.

"The Obama campaign better not take California for granted," she said. "I don't think they will."

—Ben Goad
bgoad@PE.com

1 Comments

Dan on June 13, 2008 7:34 PM said:

When people realize that Nancy Polosi and Harry Reed are preventing the drilling and refining of our own oil in gas and diesel they may just throw the democrats a curve, I don't think enough of them are smart enough to get this fact but hope some new organization will start telling the truth.

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