Is it really a GOP-friendly earthquake if Californians passed an initiative awarding its electoral votes by Congressional district rather than "winner take all."

Doesn't it all depend on who the Republican nominee is?

Sure if it's Thompson or McCain you can chalk up another easy victory for the Democrats. But what if the nominee is Guiliani? Do you know a single Italian-American, Democrat or not (and the vast majority ARE Democrats), who is not going to corss the aisle to vote for the first Italian-American Presidential candidate? I don't. And, as one of them, I've discussed this with many Italian-Americans, many of them in San Francisco. Tha't's only one factor, of course, that makes Guiliani extremely competitive in California. And which should make the Democrats interested in at least preserving half of that's state's electoral votes if Guiliani is the nominee. Or do the Democrats just accept that they lose if Giuliani is the nominee so this doomsday prospect isn't worth thinking about?

But they won't pass it. At least I don't see how it would have a prayer of passing in such a Democratic state. ... [via Influence Peddler] 4:52 P.M.