I posted earlier that I thought Dan Schnur's "coattails" theory was an oxymoron. To think that the Democrats voting for Arnold would somehow mark the rest of the ballot with Republican candidates made no sense. Had any one of the conservatives won, however, they probably would have given all the credit to Arnold.
I think a couple of them had a real shot, but instead of being promoted by the Gub and the party, they were shunned publicly as the Democrats painted them as "extreme" because they didn't agree with Arnold on Global Warming, Huge Debt, etc.
And the 'extreme' right had nothing to do with it? Nor the phony ilk who pretend to be the 'extreme right'?
Pay no attention to 68 grunt. He's, as ElkGroveDan so aptly put it, one of those slopeheaded RINO dopes who doesn't think the party is far-Left enough.