[BillyBoy]

Well in recent years, when people "threw their vote away" on Jesse Ventura in Minnesota and Angus King in Maine, they were elected Governor without a "D" or "R" next to their name, so never say never. However, I would agree with you that there is a 95% chance the next Governor of California will be either liberal Dem Westly/Angelies or liberal Republican Arnold.

FYI, Gavin Newsom is quite pleased with your boy.

"Schwarzenegger is becoming a Democrat again, It's a good sign for him and a bad sign for the Democratic Party. He gets it. He's learned his lesson. ... He's running back, not even to the center -- I would say center-left.''
--Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco

[FairOpinion]

The only way Arnold can get elected, is exactly by running to the center and center left, especially after the failed special election propositions, which revealed him as a strong fiscal conservative.