But McClintock stands a much better chance of being elected Governor next time if Arnold and McClintock are both elected this time. Given what you know about the electorate's fondness for the last Democrat elected, the apparent willingness of Angelides to push the frontiers of the far left and the Austrian's Democrat like approach to governance, do you really think that a second Wilsonegger administration will help set the mood for,or even allow, a conservative to be elected in Novemebr 2010?
A prudent, informed guess is that quite the opposite is true.
I agree with you that a McClintock governorship is more likely if conservatives are not complicit in a leftist stewardship of the state. If Arnold is elected by his left of center coalition, or if Angelides is elected by his far far left supporters, conservatives can rightly argue, "now try it our way". We had a long debate on this topic in the earlier thread
here. As we approach the November elections, the debate over tactics will undoubtedly inspire hundreds of such heated battles here.