[calcowgirl]

A sad time for OC. Baugh is a poster boy for dirty tricks and campaign violations. The press has a short memory in describing him only as a "young conservative" and "former legislator". They also have a warped vision of 'conservatism' (nothing new there).

[Pelham]

The "New Majority" were backing Arnold well before the recall got underway. Basically a group of very wealthy moderates who recently decided to become politically active, many of them had no allegiance to either party. They don't like social conservatives.