[doug from upland]

Yes, I voted for Arnold because I thought he was the only one who could win. McClintock will get much more support from the base this time.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Arnold talks a good story -- like his Nixon: "Then I'm a Republican" schtick -- but watch what he has done.

IMO, he is a "third-way" "new-democrat", in the mold of Clinton. The only message he has delivered that has any ring of conservatism is his often expressed interest in repairing and preserving the business climate in California. New-age socialists have all but concede that it is necessary to feed and care for the capitalist beast in order to provide the funding for the socialist agenda (which has long ago been proven to be incapable of self-sustaining productivity).

California is a socialist state, and will be so for the next 20-50 years. After socialist policy has eroded incomes and property values by 25-50%, and after the productive class has departed for greener pastures, California may rebound. But I won't be alive to see it first hand.

[SoCar]

Unfortunately "the base" in California is not enough to win anything by itself and McClintock has zero cross over appeal.

[HKMk23]

>> McClintock will get much more support from the base this time.

So...he'll nail his bid for Lt. Gov.

Or have I missed his announcement that he's shooting for the Governor's chair?

Don't read me wrong, here' I'd LOVE to see him slam Arnie in the gubernatorial primary, and I think "The Governator" has pissed on enough legs in this State that he's become "The Overnator" in many peoples' books, but my understanding is that our lovely CAGOP (spoken: "RINO Coalition") "leadership" have already closed the books on the "Who's Who" of GOP Gubernatorial Candidates in the upcoming festivities, so if Tom makes a run at it, he won't be doing it under party auspices, nor will he be getting any party money.

Am I on-page, or not?