Gilchrist's Amazing Fight in California

WOW. I just read the final election results here and here from yesterday's election in California.

The bad news: Jim Gilchrist didn't take the U.S. Congress seat
The good news: Jim Gilchrist took 22-25% (depending on whose stats you use) of the vote

Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of The Minuteman group, ran as an Independent and took 25% of the vote. When does an independent ever take 20+% of the vote? Way to go, Jim!

The media I've seen so far this morning is reporting the numbers, then completely glossing over the fact that Gilchrist, with one main beef -- illegal immigration -- garnered roughly a quarter of the vote. If this isn't proof that this issue is growing in importance to the American people, and rightly so, I don't know what is.

I'm sorry that Gilchrist didn't take home the ultimate victory of a seat in Congress, but I am ecstatic for the attention he's drawn to the fact that we have a huge problem and we need to fix it now.

Thanks, Jim, and I'm looking forward to your next run with great anticipation.

P.S. One of my election results links -- bloomberg.com -- gets the rotten tomato award for their headline, "Campbell Defeats Anti-Immigration Candidate to Win House Seat." It's Anti-Illegal Immigration, you bozos. Go here if you want to tell them how wrong they are.

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