[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I don't see anything selfish about that.

Selfish is knowing you can't win (and there can be little doubt that he does), but stubbornly refusing to allow a fellow Republican who can to save the state from the clutches of the Democrats to hold the office he wants for himself but can't have.

I'm not star struck (I'm in the entertainment field, and I have worked with celebrities...and I've never been a Schwarzenegger fan anyway); I didn't start out with an unfavorable impression of McClintock, but the longer he demonstrates that he does not love California enough to bow out really does bother me.

When President Bush was running, a reporter said of him that he saw a man who loved America more than he wanted to be president. McClintock would impress a lot of people if he allowed California a Republican governor - for the love of the state, and the love of the people. But it really doesn't look like he's selfless enough to do that.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

My apologies:

"Selfish is knowing you can't win (and there can be little doubt that he does), but instead stubbornly refusing to allow a fellow Republican who can to save the state from the clutches of the Democrats to do so, and to hold the office he wants for himself but can't have."

[ETERNAL WARMING]

There is still time, and McClintock's numbers are going up, not down like Arnolds. As people hear his message, it resounds. A pity he can't get the free press that the liberal media have given to Arnold.

The real decisions will come just before the election. I'm wondering if it isn't better to have Davis remain. The state is a mess and no Republican can straighten it out overnight. It requires a man of principle and a spine of steel...Arnold is none of those things. If he gets in office it will boomerang on the Republicans for the '06 elections. It will give the Democrats the opportunity to shift the blame because Republicans "didn't fix it." I think Republicans would be in a much stronger position to win in '06.

[A2J]

but the longer he demonstrates that he does not love California enough to bow out really does bother me.

Then I suppose you hold that Jesus didn't love the world because He didn't "bow out" from going to the cross?

Maybe it's his love for California that drives McClintock to risk his political life in trying to stop Davis, Jr. (ala Rnuld) from taking the controls.