He did - and it cost him dearly, apparently. It looks like he's going to ignore the people that ignored him now. You reap what you sew.
Conservatives do NOT NEED Ahhhhhnold. They want and need their California GOP back for Presidential purposes and platform purposes. Ahhhhhhhnold needs them and should act accordingly or pay the price. Probably too late to avoid paying the price anyway. He is not a very good governor, just a smidgeon better than he campaigned as.
Calfornia apparently needs another season in social issue and fiscal Demonratic hell to really learn the lesson that should have been learned under Greyout Davis.