In California

It used to be said that you can't carry a presidential election without New York. Then, in 1916, Wilson did it. But he carried California, and California was not supposed to go Democratic. This year the Republicans hope to carry New York; they are uncertain about California.

They aren't afraid of the Democrats in California. But there is LaFollette, and it would be very nearly as bad for the Republican cause to lose California to LaFollette as it

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