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.
It was a closed primary. Davis had nothing to do with it.