Really? What were McClintock's public statements?
I don't have any statements in mind, but I would think he's probably made some over time.
Here's one from just 3 weeks ago:
"Whatever the Governor does in response to the election, it is imperative that he levels with the people on the actual fiscal condition of the state and that he is very clear and uncompromising in presenting the solutions that must ultimately resolve it. And when watered-down and meaningless changes are all that emerge from the legislature, he must resist the temptation to proclaim them as anything more."