[Finny]

Given the alternative is Jerry Brown, she is the best the pack in CA has to offer...

Then let Jerry Brown win. In the long run, he'll do less damage to the GOP and California, and leave a lot more room for fixing and cleaning the mess than when Whitmans and Scharzeneggers make the messes and deliver near-mortal blows to the Republican party and conservatism on a level that Democrats and Liberals couldn't even begin to match.

I've already gone the path you advocate and voted for RINOs for the reason you cite. Arnold has taught me a valuable lesson. I am applying what I learned, and will urge others to do what I do: REFUSE TO VOTE FOR BIG GOVERNMENT REPUBLICANS because they are, in the long run, the bigger danger.

[ncalburt]

You ‘ve lost it ! You move to Calif and live under Jerry Brown and all Dem House !

[Finny]

APOLOGY is probably due to you, Az Carolyn -- you didn't advocate any path or cite any reasons. I just jumped on what I thought was implied -- that because Whitman "is the best the pack in CA has to offer," that therefore Republicans in California shouldn't reject her. Sorry that I misrepresented you, as you clearly didn't state that in your post, and actually didn't even particularly imply it! I confess that I was using your post as a forum to make my point, which still stands: I have learned the hard way that when elected, Republicans like Whitman, Romney, Schwarzenegger, and McCain are MORE DAMAGING long-term to the GOP and American liberty than their liberal Democrat opponents would be if they were elected instead.

I'd rather see Jerry Brown the victor than Meg Whitman.