It gets worse. Akerman is a historic member of the Wilsonegger Gang, who will do Schwarzenegger's bidding and McClintock, a persuavive, conservative voice in the State Republican Senate Caucus, will be gone.
As moderate as Lynn is, she might not fall prey to Akerman's dark persuasions. She may not join the Schwarzenegger/Nunez team.
McClintock still has two years left in his State Senate term. He'll continue to make his voice heard there until 2008. Where he'll go afterwards isn't clear; if Gallegly steps down from his Congressional seat as previously promised, Tom will probably run for that seat and easily win it (it's gerrymandered Republican).