Oh, yes, and "Well, Bush supported Arlen Specter and Linc Chaffee over conservatives, so that makes it okay for Savage to support Jerry Brown"? No, it doesn't. Arlen Specter is so much an improvement over Jerry Brown it's not even funny. Jerry Brown is so screwed up that even Linc Chaffee is an improvement over him. I think even Jim Jeffords might be a step up. Yeah, that bad. Supporting Jerry Brown is simply indefensible.
I wouldn't go that far, but I will say this: Bush backed liberal Republicans Arlen Specter and Lincoln Chafee against conservative Republicans in primary races with the goal of defeating Democrats in the general elections in November. Savage is donating to Jerry Brown over conservative Republican Poochigian in a general election. Savage is not reluctantly backing a moderate with the hope of defeating a liberal, he is backing a liberal with the hope of defeating a conservative. HE WANTS A LIBERAL TO WIN. How dare he say any other interpretation is "spin!"