[Digger]

Polls say otherwise.. almost anyone that had backing of the Gop could beat Boxer.. yet the party bigwigs always back the ‘pragmatic’ candidate and try to sell it to the base as the best we can get

This is what was said when Ahrnold came aboard. McClintock could have won. Just what did AS get us here in CA? Nada. BTW anyone married to a Kennedy can't be a conservative. Took the dumb (R)s 8 yrs to figure that out.

[Lou Budvis]

I’ll agree that McClintock had a better shot than most people gave him credit for. However, the election of Davis was the cause of the problem. If Riordan (RINO, but did a good job as Mayor of LA) had been the nominee instead of the unelectable Bill Simon, the whole fiasco could’ve been avoided. Davis knew that Riordan would’ve probably beaten him and that’s why Davis had the base defeat Riordan in the primary.

[Rational Thought]

Arnold did run as a Conservative (though I liked McClintock far more). Arnold also was one of the stars of the Republican Convention in 2004. But, I see how Arnold has evolved in something other than Conservative.

I do agree that Fiorina is the most likely to defeat Boxer, while certainly not the most Conservative candidate. You must remember, this is California, the same State that elects loony, wacko left wing Mayors. Anyway you cut it, the Republican nominee will have to SOME support from this same loony voting block.

Mixed feelings here.