Agreed, 110%. See post #167
Your whole post is on the money. I do not live out there, but have at three diffeent times, during one of which I got to vote for Prop. 13. So I at least have some realization of what is at stake.
As goest Mexifornia on illegal immigration, so goest Mexizona, Meximex, and Mexitex. As for the socialistic policies, even New York isn't as far along as California is in chasing off businesses. But the whole US had better be paying attention, for many places are sliding towards those kinds of problems.
The relentless pressure from liberal media seems to beating down Schwarzenegger's support in polls, but I wonder how real that is. Friends out there tell me the biggest worry is the unions.
How do you see S's chances and what should McC do?
Simon did the right thing, as keeping the recall successful is more important than any one candidate.
I don't know about McClintock's chances, but I respect the hell out of him for reasons that I can't belabor here. He is good and right on in what needs to be done. But unless he gets manna from heaven and starts one hellavu campaign so he's not such an unknown to so many people, he has no chance in hell. He's a lot more charismatic than Davis, but he does not have the same personality appeal that people need since TV campaigns started with Kennedy and Nixon. Schwartnegger has that part down ...
I am not in love of RINO's, but I know that this state can do a lot better with a RINO than with Bustamente