Are you having a problem with logic?
If Arnold is defeated, Angelides WINS.
ANYONE WORKING TO DEFEAT ARNOLD IS HELPING ANGELIDES GET ELECTED AND IS NO CONSERVATIVE.
ANGELIDES:
Angelides calls himself a champion of "progressive values." As state treasurer, he has pushed public pension funds to dump tobacco stocks, invest in urban renewal projects and pressure corporations into cleaning up the environment. A close ally of labor, he also supports abortion rights, gay marriage, gun control and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.
If he makes it into a general-election race, his call for increasing taxes could pose problems; Schwarzenegger has been steadfast in opposing higher taxes.
http://www.calcoast.org/news/cpr0060122.html
And the Teamsters are just crazy about those positions, right? PLUS, he openly supports a tax increase, which shouldn't concern the under-taxed Californians in the least. Dems might as well have nominated Bustamente.
It's really childish in a way... Like you so "eloquently" stated, it's a choice between Arnold and Angelides. End of story. They are just whining.