Beck’s pal Esther is toxic in California:

Sarah Palin speaks in San Jose

For someone widely credited with helping to shape the Republican field in the midterm elections, it was curious who didn’t appear with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Thursday when she spoke to a wildly enthusiastic audience in San Jose: Any major Republican Party candidates.

Or any Republican candidates at all, for that matter.

Palin, who resigned as governor 2 1/2 years into her term, delivered a 40-minute speech - complete with a trademark “You betcha!” - and answered a few questions afterward before a less-than-capacity audience of 1,400 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. Her paid appearance was sponsored by the conservative Liberty and Freedom Foundation.

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Esther appeals to the highly religious SoCon crowd. While that may be near 1/4 of the US electorate, here in California it’s a small minority (outside of Orange county and surrounding areas, and some of the rural counties in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.)

California is not Alabama.

As the GOP goes Tea Party it will become a regional party.