At least Arnold tried and did come through on his campaign promises by trying to take on the Democrats.
McClintock for me got scary in the last Governor's race when he would not get out. He burned many bridges IMO and he is not likable to the voters of California anyway. I'm not trying to be insulting to McClintock, I am just pointing out all he has to overcome to get elected and I don't think he can do it.
Maybe a decade from now he might be doing better, I don't know.
BTW, since Ah-nold has been elected, how many additional Republicans has he helped get elected to statewide/legislative office in California ?
I remember only pieces of what went on but only because I was up to my eyeballs dealing with other matters.