To: afuturegovernor
You are, of course, dead on. The GOP is once again dividing its forces. All Bustamante has to do is remain where he is.
Now, as mentioned above, we don't know what the turnout model is for this race-it's completely unprecedented. I suspect that they are using the 2000 model because its turnout was higher than 2002. Anyway, that's just a guess on my part.
If Arnold starts going to the public and campaigning, as in real deal campaigning, and starts getting traction, then it will be time for Simon, McClintock, and Ueberroth to bail. Arnold will start picking up Republicans who want their vote to "count". It's just like Simon to blow a gasket when asked to retire from the field, btw. The guy is a doofus.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
50 posted on
08/15/2003 8:24:09 PM PDT by
section9
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To: section9
Does anybody here really think that a candidate who "went ballistic" just because somebody asked him to look at the reality of how he is trashing the chances of the party, (Simon), has the right, uhm, temperament to become the standard bearer for the California GOP? If he were a front-runner, this would be a meltdown moment. As it is, it is a painful example of how Republicans manage to throw away perfectly good opportunities to win elections: ego, ego, ego.
65 posted on
08/15/2003 8:42:07 PM PDT by
alwaysconservative
(Since when did compassionate conservatism become a bad thing?)
To: section9
The guy is a doofus.
that's putting it nicely...
123 posted on
08/15/2003 10:33:18 PM PDT by
Robert_Paulson2
(If we just erect a big, expensive stone monument... everything will be alright!)
To: section9
Why should they "bail?" To make it possible for Arnold to do something Davis has not been able to do: raise taxes? What possible good could that do anyone?
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