"Schwarzenegger, a prodigious fund-raiser, helped McClintock amass about $500,000 for his 2004 Senate race. This year, McClintock has been invited to meet-and-greets with well-heeled Schwarzenegger donors. "
The governor could also help generate publicity for McClintock and earn him crossover appeal with independents and Democrats. If the governor solidly wins re-election, McClintock and other Republican candidates for statewide office could ride his coattails.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1582375/posts
A reminder that this forum is not being conducted in a third grade class room. Many on this forum have hands-on, elected experience and understand the basics of crossover appeal and it's not standing next to a popular liberal and smiling.
Senator McClintock does not desire crossover appeal. He desires access to Schwarzenegger's victims. Given ten minutes, the Senator can probably convince an independent or conservative Democrat of the wisdom of following sound, fiscal principles in times of finical crisis.
Senator McClintock's uncanny ability to instill financial reason in his audience is probably the chief reason that both you (the CAGOP) and Schmidt will not let McClintock share the podium with the Austrian or have proportional, state party, financial resources to campaign against a high, name recognition opponent. Within 10 minutes, the Senator's audience would realize that King Schwarzenegger is not wearing any clothing.