[CounterCounterCulture]

Hmmmm...Richard Riordan did such a bang-up job at his last run for governor. If there's anybody who knows how to blow a 40 point lead in two months time, it's Riordan.

[vbmoneyspender]

Maybe Arnold is bringing Riordan on board so that Arnold can play Jerry Seinfeld to Riordan's George Costanza - that way when Riordan gives Arnold advice on some issue, Arnold will know that the successful move is to do the exact opposite.

[CarmelValleyite]

Riordan's previous "team" underestimated the viciousness of Davis and company. Davis attacked Riordan so terribly with false statements before our last primary, and Riordan's team didn't effectively retaliate, believing it wouldn't matter too much. Wrong.

So... instead we got Simon in the general election who, despite votes from many of the previously PRO-RIORDAN crowd,including ME (I had to hold my nose to vote for Simon), caused us to have Davis again and the rest is history.

That, Mr. CCC, is the situation in a nutshell. Many mainstream Repubs. in CA voted for your man, Simon, while many more said "no way" and voted for Davis.