Democrat-aligned comedian Jon Stewart is sounding the alarm over Californias governors race, openly fretting that his own partys chaos could hand the states top office to a Republican.
According to Gateway Pundit, Stewarts anxiety surfaced during a recent episode of The Daily Show, when he hosted San Joses Democrat Mayor Matt Mahan, one of a crowded field of liberals vying to replace the current Sacramento leadership. Californias jungle primary system advances the top two vote-getters to the general election regardless of party, a structure that can produce either a traditional Republican-versus-Democrat matchup or a contest between two candidates from the same party.
This year, however, Democrats have flooded the field with hopefuls, raising the very real possibility that their vote will splinter so badly that two Republicans could emerge as the final contenders. That scenario, while panic-inducing for the left, would be a stunning rebuke of one-party rule in a state long treated as a progressive fortress.
Breitbart News noted that Stewart fears the crowded field will allow a Republican to sneak in and win the race, a prospect that undercuts the lefts usual confidence in Californias deep-blue tilt. When Stewart asked Mahan why he was running, the mayor quipped, Well, Jon, I just didnt think enough people were running for governor, a line that underscored how absurdly saturated the Democrat side has become.
Stewart then laid out the problem in his own exasperated style, saying, So there are like, two or three Republicans running and like, eight or nine or 10 or 11, or 20 Democrats? He continued, Its a great plan, and it so smacks of the Democratic Party to split the vote into such fractious fiefdoms that the only two people standing are the two Republicans.
So smart, so typical! Stewart added, capturing the frustration many on the left feel but rarely admit publicly. Mahan piled on with another uncomfortable truth, noting that so far undecided is beating all the candidates, a fact that only deepened Stewarts visible gloom.
For conservatives, the idea of Republicans seizing control of California at the very moment Democrats are boasting about turning Texas blue would be more than ironic; it would be a powerful repudiation of progressive governance. California is losing residents for the first time in its history, its tax burden is among the highest in the nation, and many families are still struggling to rebuild from devastating fires more than a year later.
Voters staring down those realities may decide that another Democrat governor would simply entrench the same failed policies, and that a Republican alternative is not a sneak victory at all, but a long-overdue course correction.
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