Posted on 12/29/2004 1:53:03 PM PST by AVNevis
In a recent poll taken surrounding 'name recognition', McClintock had a solid lead over every and any competitor. McClintock gathered 40-45% of the poll's vote on name recognition.
The real battle was between Schwarznegger and Bustamante. The media decided to make things interesting and they 'used' Senator McClintock as a 'hammer' for Schwarzenegger, attempting to split the vote(s) and keep a 'tax and spend, union friend' Democrat in the governor's office.
If Senator Tom McClintock wins the Republican Primary...
The questions for Senator McClintock will be how will the press treat him in a statewide election against a liberal Democrat like Garamendi, and when will the press launch on his very conservative ideology?
The combination of the Democrats 'union money' (large campaign cash account), a statewide majority (ever so slightly shrinking) in voter registration, the overwhelming acceptance of liberal, if not progressive social issues and the support of the state's huge liberal media could prove to be too much of a hurdle for the solid state senator in one-on-one battle with an incumbent Democrat.
Lest we forget the senator's bent to be the Republican Party's "Arnold Antagonist" at ever turn...
Will McClintock receive the type of support needed from Arnold Schwarzenegger to compete and WIN a statewide race for Sacramento? Will Arnold desire an antagonists next door in the "Belly of the Beast"?
It should be a very interesting GOP Primary for this office. One advantage that McClintock will have is an initiative in 2005 for the reformation of the districts come 2006.
If this passes, I'm believing that Senator McClintock will have his best chance EVER in winning a statewide election for the Republican Party...uh, make that 'winning a statewide election for the senator'.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacunion.com ...
"Dear Eric,
I do not see why you think that McClintock is running for LG for the good of himself without the good of the Republican party and California in mind. He is the best chance that we have to have both the No. 1 and No. 2 spot. If we run some unknown like, let's say Michael Corona, we will lose. If we run Darrel Issa, we lose. Despite his popularity for boosting the recall, Darrel has some serious problems on certain issues.
Although McClintock will be attacked in the media, he will successfully refute the claims of extremism. McClintock is the type of guy when called a racist for opposing something he will say, "Yes, if supporting or opposing X (substitute issue here) makes me a racist, then I guess I'll have to be a racist." Or he will just make the person calling him such look very stupid in the face of real facts.
And keep this in mind Eric, what happens if Arnold were to suffer a heart attack and die? We would be stuck with Governor John Garamendi. Would you rather have governor Garamendi or Governor McClintock?"
I had to leave out quite a bit to get down to 300 words for the excert. Follow the link for the whole blog post.
"As it stands right now, here are the MAJOR candidates for Lt. Governor in 2006:
State Senator Tom McClintock (Republican)
State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (Democrat)
California Congressman Darrel Issa (Republican; not announced as of yet)"
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If McClintock wins the Republican primary, there is a 100% chance that Gramendi will win the election. You can take that to the bank. Save this post.
Issa has an excellent chance of beating Garamendi. I hope, that common sense will prevail in the Republican party, as it did, when the chips were down and the Republican majority voted for Arnold, and now we have a Republican governor.
Is that really in question?
The sad part is that I agree with his ideology. I just want someone else other than Tom to implement it.
uh huh.
McClintock!
Again I ask for some evidence for Tom just doing this for his ego.
Ignore the insane RINO pukes and backstabbers. McClintock all the way.
Please tell us ALL who in California is available to support the conservative view, if not McClintock.
Condi Condi Condi
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhh!!!!! NO ISSA!!!! Egads....
I think Condi will be great as Sec of State, then maybe in 2008 she can either run for Pres, or be picked for the VP slot by a smart Republican Presidential candidate.
How has that worked out lately? ;)
McClintock=Jones. Unelectable on such a stage.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299893/posts
Hard facts point to McClintock's strength. THIS is something you can take to the bank!
McClintock does not equal Jones. I sure didn't vote Jones in the 2004 primary. I voted for the fighter, not the swish.
And that gave you what?
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