Voters won't wait for Democratic leaders

It’s not a lack of ideas that has hurt the party. It’s a lack of nerve. And voters know what they want.

- LZ GRANDERSON COLUMNIST

TEA PARTY voters ousted House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary of 2014.

TUESDAY IS election day, and it appears Democrats in California are ready, in the words of Rep. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park), to “fight fire with fire.”

As many as 60% of voters plan to vote yes on Prop. 50, according to two recent statewide polls. If it passes, five Democrats could be added to the House of Representatives. Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed the legislation to balance the effects of an effort in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional districts and add five Republicans.

Gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa told me he supported Newsom's decision and plans on voting yes because it is the best way to defend against the Trump administration.

“I think we've seen very clearly: We have a man in the White House that wants to rig an election,” Villaraigosa said. “That’s what they’re doing in Texas. The legislature has voted. What’s different about California is that the people get to decide.”

It’s no secret the party has been trying to find itself since last November.