[Southack]

"You don't get it - Arnold has embraced many of the Democratic policies out of the State Legislature. Do you think he'd have that commanding lead in the polls if he really was a George W. Bush clone? Not on your life! One way or another we will get a liberal Governor in California in November."

No, you don't get it. You probably don't get out much, either. Arnold is as conservative as you are going to get in California until the news media swings back to a more level-handed status.

McClintock, good man that he is, will be lucky to edge a victory on a down-ballot race. He would have been clobbered running for Gov this year.

No one says it is fair or right, just how the state works.

[FairOpinion]

The LAT poll about down-ticket candidates shows that:

8% of Republicans plan to vote for Garamendi, not McClintock;

20% Republicans plan to vote for Jerry Brown, not Poochigian;

11% plan to vote for Bustamante, not Poizner.

I bet those are the same ones who are agitating against Arnold and won't tell us they plan to vote for Angelides.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-poll30sep30,1,7972710,full.story?coll=la-center-politics-cal