Capitol Alert: WaPo: Adams recall effort and the state of the GOP

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December 14, 2009

WaPo: Adams recall effort and the state of the GOP

The Washington Post is searching for meaning in the failed recall attempt against Assemblyman Anthony Adams.

A 2,551-word piece published today frames Adams, R-Hesperia, as "latest straw dog in a fight much larger than anything about himself, an unlikely proxy in a broadening war for the heart of the Republican Party."

The Post's Michael Leahy writes on what the fracture might portend for the future of the GOP in the Golden State and beyond.

"For now, all the two warring sides can agree on is that the Adams clash represents another firefight in an ongoing battle for the soul of the party in the state and around the country. But, in California especially, the brawl also serves as the latest evidence of a troubled party, one with a governor spurned by his fellow Republicans, and a conservative wing that, even in targeting its own, cannot seem to impose its will. It is a party adrift in California for the moment, its leaders acknowledge, rudderless."

Click here to read the piece.

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