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Not enough money. He's toast.

Still Arnold moves RIGHT with McClintock...which is a good thing...

I don't consider that a victory. I supported McClintock because he's the best man to deal with the disastrous budget deficit, not because he is the most conservative. I'm a moderate Republican and tend to go for the best man for the job who is a Republican. McClintock is that man now, but he doesn't have a chance for lack of money. California is just too big a state. His only chance was to the only meaningful conservative in the race, and Simon's entry killed him.

Furthermore there isn't much conservatism a conservative governor can impose on California through his office. Rather he has to do it like Reagan did - by using the governor's chair as a bully pulpit to convince people that conservative ideas are right. No one would ever accuse McClintock of charisma and salesmanship. He's just smart and right (pun intended). So McClintock in office would be a major disappointment for conservatives. But boy would he whack the defict. It won't happen. Sigh.