State party officials are increasingly optimistic that a highly coordinated inability to agree on a single candidate will successfully hand the governor's mansion to a former adviser to David Cameron. Internal polling suggests the party is well on its way to squandering complete institutional control of the state.
According to internal memos circulated on Tuesday, state party leaders, who currently hold legislative supermajorities, are operating under the assumption that their fractured primary field will clear a definitive path for Steve Hilton to succeed Gavin Newsom. Aides speaking on the condition of anonymity expressed confidence that they can effectively neutralize a two-to-one voter registration advantage by dividing their base among a sprawling slate of bitterly opposed Democratic hopefuls.
We analyzed the structural realities of a deep blue state and realized that only by running a deeply polarized, overcrowded field could we reliably deliver the governor's office to a man whose primary political credential is advising the architects of Brexit.
Sources familiar with the campaign indicate Hilton is currently leading in the polls without having to articulate a specific policy platform, relying entirely on a strategy that requires him to stand quietly while state Democrats accuse each other of ideological impurity. Hilton, who frequently reminds voters of his close personal friendships with several members of Donald Trump’s cabinet, is reportedly polling highest among residents who are simply exhausted by receiving dozens of daily fundraising texts from competing liberal assemblymen.