Name some names that you, in your infinite wisdom, find to be more conservative than Arnold, yet squishy enough for your assumed swing voters. And explain why a centrist swing democrat would prefer them to the similarly squishy Dem candidate that would oppose him/her.
Personally, I would have liked to see Condi give elected office a try in CA. She would certainly have been an improvement over Boxer as a Senator. But then, so would my cat.
I think there are lots of more conservative people than Arnold.
The big question would be, which could be electable having some cross over vote?
We know it will never be McClintock as a choice, but they should get cracking on the future. I do see Arnold as only the first steps in the right direction, he sure won't be able to do it all by any stretch of the imagination.
McClintock is dead in the water, but the great question would be "Who is the Republican party developing as talent for the future of this state? Maybe RonDog or others have specifics on that.
>>But then, so would my cat.
ROFL! :-)