[dirtboy]

Had Cruz Bustamente been elected instead of Arnold, the only thing in the tent would have been taxpayer-funded pinatas.

Had the GOP gone with the conservative, we wouldn't have AhnoldCare as a precedent for the rest of the country.

[budwiesest]

Had the GOP gone any hope of electing a with the conservative,

It's OK to dream. California can't elect a solid conservative, the well is that poisoned. Would you like the Mama and Papa's 'California Dreamin', or Everly Brother's 'Dream, dream, dream'?

Nationally, things are different. Not quite as polluted by liberalism.[see red states] There may be hope of electing a solid conservative here.

This election('08) comes down to a battle between individual rights (the constitution) and the collective (courts, wayward legislatures, misguided communities, homeowner's associations, rouge cops, ACLU, NAACP, etc.).

May the best man win.(Note: if the deck appears 'stacked against', that's because it is)..."whenever I want you, all I have to do, is dream, dream, dream,........"