Posted on 01/13/2006 4:35:43 PM PST by FairOpinion
A recent poll shows the born-again "moderate" Republican governor has gained back some popularity, especially in the Bay Area, and is now in a dead heat with Democratic competitors.
"Our survey demonstrates that Schwarzenegger's retreat from the more conservative rhetoric and agenda he brandished during the latter part of 2005 has paid off among middle-of-the road voters," said Melinda Jackson, director of the Survey and Policy Research Institute at San Jose State University.
The governor's job performance rating among voters in a Democrat-leaning state has climbed from 36 percent positive and 53 percent negative in September, to 40 percent positive and 51 percent negative this month.
(Excerpt) Read more at insidebayarea.com ...
My take was that he was moving the "focus" to Arnold in doing so. I've seen this done before.
I think he was brave for staying in, not irrational.
He promised his base he would stay til the end.
Arnold needed him, and now he needs Arnold.
I think CA has become much more liberal in recent years.
"A CA Guy" is just another "big tent" nobody, don't pay any attention to it!
More like a herd. A herd of followers who think they're following the herd bulls. They don't realize some of them is a faux-bulls, depending upon rhetoric to keep the herd intact. Nah, the herd isn't a cell, but Alia is correct about how you and a few others try to direct the herd. The cell is the group which comprises the faux-bulls of the ilk herd, and they even use FR mail to coordinate their divisive attacks and insult campaigns.
His base is not that important over potential sabotage that favors Democrats. His people were never so special that he should have risk giving us Bustamante.
What percentage of Republicans voted for Westly do you think? Let me know (I will take any figure you toss out as ineluctibly true for assuming arguendo purposes), so I can figure out how many Democrats and Independents voted for McClintock. You may be on to something, to wit that McClintock has considerable crossover appeal. And how can that possibly be, since he is apparently an antisocial troglodyte in a left coast left wingish pond? It would seem to violate the most fundamental laws of Newtonian physics.
But the bottom line is that no way would he ever win the governorship of CA.
I attribute much of the "anti-Tom" fervor in CA to union politics of evil-homophobic-racist-sexist in the schools throughout the MSM, ad nauseum, taxpayerfunded partisan politics rife throughout CA bureacracies and institutes.
Arnold brought into the "California" play, something new. A new kind of "player". A Player which wasn't classic Dem-defined "evil Republicans" and wasn't classic "all things liberal and socialist WILL be put into place by force or any means necessary" by the class Democrats in CA.
In California, the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor run on separate tickets. No Republican has won the Lieutenant-Governorship since 1978. McClintock can afford to run separate and apart from Ah-nold.
Your 331 was just some rant, I would suggest you look to the internet and FR links on the matter from Fair Opinion.
He doesn't know what he's talking about because he just called him a "Savage" after denying having ever calling McClintock anything derogatory. That can cause one to end up in pergatory for bein so danged negatory!!!
You wouldn't know it if it smacked you upside your cranium. Adios, sugar.
I said he had the same likability as Savage, who is a radio host and not well liked.
I don't think he would ever have enough passion to be a savage.
Reposted relevent section for you:
Doodlelady put it best. If (McClintock) had gotten out of the recall race, Grey Davis would still be Governor today. It's that simple. Want proof ?
Total number of votes for McClintock: 1,161,287
Total number of votes separating recall vs. not recalling Gov. Davis: 968,491
You can check the official voting totals at http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2003_special/contents.htm It'll back me up. ;-)
I think you meant to say split the Republican vote
As is obviated by this thread there is a wide difference between Republicans, inside or outside California, and conservatives.
In the 2003 case Schwarzenegger got almost all the Republican votes and McClintock almost all the conservative votes.
I'm off, so throw a few more FR links to these folks.
Take care all.
Always vote.
What bothers me most about McClintock isn't McClintock.
It's his so-called supporters who insist on re-living the recall.
I want him to win as Lt Governor NOW.
DU people lie. I speak the truth. You and your Ah-nold RINObots deny it. You ignored actual voting numbers that indicate without McClintock in the recall race, Davis would still be Governor.
I'm not so sure about this.
I did witness some fantastic work being done between and by Republicans during Total Recall. Prop 54, Ward Connerly's init, took a great ton of money away from the "liberal establishment" by which they could have used to fight Arnold/Tom. Prop 54 lost, it got slammed with soooo much "democrat, liberal" money. Which of course, makes clear that the Dems have TOO much money in the system -- which they can hide under, say, Union Labels while claiming they love "campaign finance reform". pffft.
I don't read liberal pablum, I debunk it. FO is pablum.
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