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Krikorian, who declined to be interviewed for this story, offered the group a simple yet telling answer: The climate issue was a potent opportunity.

Next time around the party will want a better salesperson and more potent personality.

He understood that trashing immigrants tapped into the American primordial fear of newcomers, a phobia so potent that right now, the Democratic takeover of California after Proposition 187 looks more like an exception than a rule.

Garcia focused heavily on California’s high cost of living and gasoline — a potent message in a commuter district where many residents who are drawn by cheaper housing but commute two hours or more to work in Los Angeles.

He is also likely to ease restrictions on the oil industry’s emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and to revoke Biden’s pause on increasing liquid petroleum gas exports.