All I can do is repeat:
I'm no hard-right ultra conservative, but am a life-long loyal Republican. I'm not a single-issue voter. The big tent concept doesn't scare me, and I understand that politics is about building winning coalitions. But, as I said in an earlier post, the one thing I expect in return for my loyalty and willingness to do grunt work on campaigns is for Republican politicians to be loyal to us party grunts in return.
It is one thing to court moderate Democrat votes, as Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush have done. It is quite another to sell out to the hard Left like Arnold has done. The former I can understand -- not like it, perhaps, but understand. The latter is a deal-breaker to me.
I understand your position. But neither Reagan nor Bush have had to deal with 2005 California. When the parental notification law didn't pass, it was a real eye-opener for me.