THE JUNGLE PRIMARY

摘要

I'm guessing," says dan schnur, who is running for California secretary of state, "that not many of you lie awake at night wondering what the next California secretary of state will do." There is laughter from the crowd of maybe 30 voters. And you, too, dear readers-especially those of you who don't even live in California-may be wondering why a candidate for a decidedly obscure political office is worthy of your attention. Well, part of it is that Dan Schnur is an interesting guy, a longtime consultant to moderate Republicans like Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain. But he isn't a Republican anymore. He's running as an Independent. "I'm in favor of marriage equality and lower taxes," he begins. "I'm tough on crime and pro-choice. I'm for immigration reform and for using test scores as a valuable measure of students' progress. Yes, the reason that I'm running as an Independent is that neither party will have me."