From my perspective the argument is better framed as conservatives philosophy versus Republican loyalty.
Republican pragmatists buy in large supported Schwarzenegger while conservatives who placed philosophy above party loyalty buy in large supported McClintock. So the comment should read
Looks like the determined conservatives were right
Yeah, I wish there were some satisfaction in it.
So much as breathing a word in favor of legitimizing illegals needs to become a political kiss of death. We gotta raise h*ll every time it comes up.