Sure, but McClintock is not Governor so that part of any discussion is really irrelevant. But any Republican who deviates completely from the Republican platform and the representations made in their campaign should be called out in an attempt to be reigned in, IMO. To remain silent and accept the actions just because they have an (R) by their name is senseless.
While many claimed a peripheral benefit of having an (R) Governor, regardless of actions, the latest election shows no benefit and that it has hurt the party tremendously. Not only would he not campaign for other Republican candidates, the Governor refused to endorse the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate (Mountjoy), declined to express any support for the Republican candidate in a highly competitive Congressional race (Pombo), and undermined the candidacy of Tom McClintock by making negative comments about him to the press. As long as he remains "leader" of the CA GOP, there is little ability to launch a new plan for advancing anything resembling conservatism. Instead, the Party is now touting this "centrism" as a way of achieving a "purple party" void of the principles included in the very platform that unites Republicans and differentiates us from Democrats.
Thank you very much for your thoughtful post.
And thank you for yours.
I undersatnd your point and have had these discussions before. Arnold's mostly leftist (except for a few economic issues like taxes) policies have made the CA Republican party centrist. So I guess you are saying, the state of CA is worse off with Arnold as Govenor than they would have been with Bustamante?