DG, the upside is that McClintock who is an intelligent, principled man with credentials will clean up the mess in Sacramento. That is the whole purpose for ejecting the Dimwit Davis! We who live in CA cannot afford another RINO. The last RINO Pete Wilson, who promised not to raise taxes in 1990, did not get his seat warm in Sacramento before he did just that and right in the middle of the first recession in CA history. And it was the largest tax bill in CA history. Vote for another RINO?I don't think so! Been there, done that! The liberal Aunold wants 60 days to learn the job. Well we don't have time to train an actor to be a governor. Tom McClintock has a plan to balance the budget and do so without raising taxes and/or fees. McClintock will rescind the triple car tax. McClintock will void the 42 BILLION DOLLAR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTS. And McClintock will reform the CA workmans' comp we now have with the AZ plan that will cut the costs by 2/3's. And that will all be done before lunchtime his first day in office. Tom McClintock will do more to fix the problems in Sacramento in 60 minutes than Aunold will do in 60 days! VOTE4MCCLINTOCK or pay the con$equence$! click here
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I don't think he can do any of that without the active cooperation of the legislature. And it's not within the power of McClintock or the legislature to rescind the electricity contracts. That would take a series of very unlikely rulings by the courts.
From what I can tell, McClintock definitely has the best fiscal plan for California. Implementing it is not something he can do in a morning, if ever.
I don't think McClintock will surge in popularity enough to beat both AS and Butamante. I could be wrong about that, and in an unprecedented election like this one, it's certainly too early to count him out. It's always desirable to get the most conservative candidate elected, but it's not always possible. I just hate to see Barbara Boxer get a free ride to re-election, when Tom McClintock could take her out.
I don't have a vote in your elections, of course, and this ultimately a decision for those of you in California. But it's not at all unlikely that the Republicans could end up with nothing after all the votes are counted.