YUP, RUSSELL KIRK IS STILL CORRECT

He was right back in 1988 and he's still right about a large part of the GOP:

California's sinking, but GOP Senate race is about Israel
By Rob Hotakainen | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thursday, March 4, 2010

WASHINGTON — California is broke, its 12.1 percent unemployment rate is among the highest in the nation, housing prices have plunged, home foreclosures have skyrocketed and a drought is threatening the state's dwindling water supply. There also are plenty of other issues for would-be U.S. senators to debate, including the battered economy and a massive effort to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Instead, the state's Republican Senate primary has been heating up over Israel.

With former Rep. Tom Campbell leading in the polls, his challengers for the Republican nomination — businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore — are taking persistent shots at the front-runner, saying that his record consistently has been anti-Israel.