Much better to give the Dems victory right now by electing Angelides, right?
Nice strawman, but that's not what I'm implying. Arnold could have at least governed as a classic Republican moderate, (fiscal conservative/social liberal), and the CAGOP could have groomed McClintock or a genuine conservative Republican for 2010.
Instead, Arnold has become so liberal that any Republican running for Governor in the future is screwed. The only chance is McClintock, and you and I both know that Arnold and the party are going to pull a Katherine Harris on him. Other Republicans running in 2010 will lack Arnold's star power and cash.