Creativity Quote by Mike Curb

Mike Curb’s line is the kind of offhand political shorthand that accidentally reveals a whole era’s emotional geography. By invoking “landslides” while pointing to California, he’s not just recounting an electoral fact; he’s framing the state as a blunt instrument in a national fight, a place where results are so lopsided they feel less like persuasion and more like inevitability. The word choice does work: “landslides” suggests natural force, something you watch rather than debate, turning democratic choice into a spectacle of mass movement.

Curb, a musician and entertainment-world power broker with deep ties to California’s political machine, is speaking from inside a culture that treats politics like ratings: big margins equal big meaning. The subtext is a familiar, slightly resentful lament embedded in late-2000/early-2001 election talk: California isn’t merely blue; it’s so decisively blue that it can seem like it overwhelms the narrative of “a divided America.” That’s why he pairs Gore and Bush with California rather than, say, Florida: he’s redirecting attention away from the contested hinge-point and toward the symbolic heavyweight.

There’s also a quiet identity politics here. For conservatives in and around the industry, California’s margin can read like alienation from their own home turf. Curb’s sentence turns a statistical reality into a cultural one: not just who won, but what kind of place produces a win that “substantial.”