[MaryFromMichigan]

Right now we should be looking at long-term goals..."

Arnold Schwarzenegger will win and with his wife Maria (A Kennedy) campaigning for him, many democrats will be pulled into voting and remaining in the Republican party.
The Republican party's stake in this is huge.
Schwarzenegger is a RINO, but that is what it takes to win California.
The big picture is the 2004 presidential election.
A Republican Governor will be an asset.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I'm worried that this 5000 pound gorilla will dilute the platform of the GOP. He is the anti-conservative on most hot issues.

[AppyPappy]

Yes but what will you win? A RINO governor who will get the blame for every single problem that occurs in California. Whatever goes wrong, it will be the fault of the Republicans who "control" the government.

[VOR78]

You're absolutely right.

One thing I'd like to point out to people is simply this: having a Republican, even a RINO, in office in California will get the populace used to voting Republican again. Regardless of Arnold's political views, in the long run, that is not a bad thing at all and can be a springboard to slowly turning the population of California more towards the conservative side over the coming years and decades. Given the size of California's voting block, that's a long term investment that every conservative should be willing to make, even if it means we have to support a RINO in the short term.

[Yeti]

Arnold Schwarzenegger will win and with his wife Maria (A Kennedy) campaigning for him, many democrats will be pulled into voting and remaining in the Republican party.

Good thinking, tooters!

[b-cubed]

I see Arnold Schwarzenegger as the left coast's version of Rudy Giuliani. They have practically the same political views and what conservative wouldn't vote for Rudy if he ran against Hillary.

[sanjacjake]

Same conclusion that i have arrived at..I also will vote
for the big guy...Jake

[Terridan]

Sorry, but in good conscience, I cannot vote for ahnold. He stated, loud and clear on the O'Reily Factor, that he would NOT discontinue services, free lunch, free medical, free everything, to illegal aliens. Here, Sonoma Valley, all recieve tutors, bilingual transulations, free lunches, free buses, free medical, while we pay these fees, $400 a year for buses, $35.00 per hour for tutors, $750 per month medical, as we watch them drive away in their new vehicles, Excusions, Suburbans, Grand Voyagers... it is because all are paid "under the table" and claim "zero" income. Not only is it fraud NO ONE wants to stop, just wait til you get your new registrations bill. Ours went from $550, (50, 200, and 225) to $339, $770 and $799. They will never pay that or insurance either. Our hospital is going bankrupt, they added $141.00 to our property taxes. Now they want and additional $499.00. We can't afford this any longer.
We hopefully will move withing a year. Enough.