Arnold on the other hand, has failed to show any glimmer of conservatism, fiscal or otherwise. Big borrowing, big spending, more gun control, fewer than 50% republican judicial appointees, a GREEN environmental platform, etc.. Do you support these things? Why should any republican support those things? It isn't Arnold--it is his actions. Kennedy is not the first leftist appointee. We've seen Reiss, Tamminen (the treehugger), Henning (Red diaper boy), etc.
No matter what you say, he's still better than Gray Davis or Bustamante. I'm not saying he's a great Governor, he's just better than they would have been. And if he hadn't run, Bustamante would have won and that would have been a complete disaster.