After years of only supporting Republicans, the Los Angeles Times stopped giving endorsements from 1973 until 2008, when they decided to back the “Hope and Change” candidate in Senator Barack Obama. Since then, as part of the “homegrown team,” the publication has pretty much backed the Democrat Party candidate, no matter who was running.
I wouldn’t call this “hell freezing over,” but it did get a significant chill.
The following are the Los Angeles Times:
After eight years of service, Betty Yee has been termed out. This year, voters will elect a new controller. Californians will have a variety of smart choices on June 7, including Democrats Ron Galperin (controller for Los Angeles); Malia Cohen (a Board of Equalization member hailing from San Francisco); Steve Glazer (a state senator representing the Bay Area; and Republican Lanhee, who is a Stanford University professor of public policy.
We believe Chen, out of all the strong candidates for the position, is our top choice. Why? He is an analytical thinker who has extensive experience in large financial systems. The controller must be independent of the power party.
Oh, the silence part was just spoken out loud. You are the author. L.A. TimesIt assumes that Gavin Newsom will remain in office as governor for four more years, and that there will be no change to the Democrat Supermajority at the Legislature. To give a little support to the Republican candidate would be considered a act of kindness. It’s like giving ice cream the next-door disabled child.
The fish wrap of record really doesn’t believe a word of what they wrote to endorse Lanhee Chen for California Comptroller. They want to get the baby back, and they also know that anyone with a D in their name will do the same.
Typical.
Democrats hold control of state government. We support their priority to fight climate change, protect abortion rights, and promote economic and racial equality. But California’s governance is falling short of its ideals. And that’s despite Many years of high revenue that have pumped billions more into education, healthcare and alleviating homelessness. Too few students. You can read above grade levelThere are too many MediCal patients can’t see a doctor and too many people You can sleep in the street.
These concerns are all directly related to the Democrat-controlled California government. Tone deaf, much, L.A. Times?
It wouldn’t be the L.A. Times if they couldn’t take a dig at Donald J. Trump in particular, and the Republican Party in general. But they justify their endorsement of Chen as a way to promote “the good Republicans” and help restore sanity to the party.
Thanks?
However, it’s time for a fresh lens. Chen’s impressive resume includes degrees from Harvard in law and political science, as well as work in government, politics, academia and business. Chen graduated from Harvard in law and political science. He also worked as a lawyer, politician, academic and business executive. Nominated to the Social Security Advisory Board by President Obama, and served on it for four years. For the Social Security Advisory Board, he was Policy Director. Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. Now he is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bay Area’s nonprofit Healthcare System. He also teaches at Stanford Public Policy and consults with businesses and governments.
Californians may be reluctant to vote for a Republican. That’s understandable because the conspiracy-fueled wing of the GOP has grown too powerful under the influence of former President Trump and his litany of lies. The only way for the GOP to regain some sense of normalcy is to raise Chen and other Republicans who live in the reality world.
Chen’s credentials are quite impressive, and he doesn’t display the price tag on his forehead and beholden to the party chains like his opponents, Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin or San Francisco Board of Equalization’s Malia Cohen do.
Chen’s campaign website has some good things to say about honoring the taxpayer over the party, and with California businesses dying faster than drive-by shooting victims, his focus on working with entrepreneurs and helping businesses start up, is a ray of hope.
Chen’s campaign video is also quite impressive.
From Chen’s website:
“For too long, the Controller has been a Sacramento insider, valuing partisanship over competence. Beholden to other politicians and defending them, the Controller instead of fighting for you has been the norm.
“That won’t be me. I’m not part of the one-party monopoly that has controlled Sacramento for too long. We aren’t going to change California by recycling the same old tired politicians from one job to another.”
If Chen remains consistent in his messaging and Newsom keeps encouraging California’s downhill slide into fiscal malfeasance, Chen just might have a fighting chance at winning this race. The despite its disingenuous double-mindedness, L.A. TimesHe could be a great endorsement.
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