Tom McClintock: Conservative soothsayer or rigid idealogue?

Sacramento Bee ^ | 5/12/8 | Peter Hecht

[SmithL]

- April 2008 State Sen. Tom McClintock debates former Rep. Doug Ose, left, at the Sunset Center in Rocklin last month in their campaign for the 4th Congressional District seat. Some observers admire his devotion to curbing government spending, but others say he is unwilling to compromise and is not a team player.

[SmithL]

Sac-o-Bee continues campaigning against McClintock.

[martin_fierro]

CA GOP could use some "rigid idealogues"

[Eric in the Ozarks]

CA GOP could use a few more Republicans.

[kidd]

McCain would do well to pick the likes of McClintock as a running mate. It would heal a rift with conservatives, it would give him a financial expert (an area that Mccain has admitted to being weak in) and it would give McCain a shot at winning California.

Of course I’m dreaming. McCain will pick a RINO and will lose the election because he’ll refuse to offend Obama, the race card dealer.

[ecomcon]

From 2006: “Vote for Arnold, he’s a republican; besides, McClintock can’t win.”

[RightWhale]

he is unwilling to compromise and is not a team player

Winning the election tends to be an individual accomplishment. Of course the rest of the 'team' will show up right away with their own ideas.

[notaliberal]

He has my vote and support! He will be my congressman!

[GodGunsGuts]

Tom McClintock is THE MAN. It was these very weak-kneed Republicans and wishy-washy conservative talk radio hosts (like John and Ken) that gave CA the current abomination-in-chief, otherwise known as the A-r-r-n-o-l-l-d!

[kellynla]

Just think where we'd be today if everyone who said they were going to vote for McClintock in the 2003 recall had actually voted for him and that includes FReepers...Governor McClintock...has a nice ring to it... BTW, whatever happened to all those FReepers who were for Schwarzenegger in 2003???

[NormsRevenge]

The kilt! Tom, Wear the kilt!

[DoughtyOne]

Compromise... team player...

If those aren’t the hallmarks of the Republican party these days. It’s stands for nothing, and will team up with just about anyone, except Conservatives.

[RightWhale]

Nobody would ever run on that. A candidate might end up doing that if he wins a seat, but to campaign on compromise and team playing is just saying there are too many seats in the legislature.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree.

[Clock King]

Yep, this article is a hit piece. “Compromise” is why CA is in the mess it’s in now.

[Politicalmom]

After vowing to never vote for McCain, I WOULD do so if he chose McClintock.

Getting Tom into the national spotlight would be worth it.

[SmithL]

We’re still waiting for “Blowing up boxes in Sacramento.”

Lt. Governor McClintock would have had a nice ring to it in 2006, but that didn’t happen either.

[Haddit]

“After vowing to never vote for McCain, I WOULD do so if he chose McClintock.”

I’m with you on that one.

[calcowgirl]

PING to today’s SacBee hitpiece.

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[calcowgirl]

I intend to send the author, Peter Hecht, some comments.

phecht@sacbee.com