[finnman69]

You forgot the number one reason not to vote for McClintock.

He can't win.

[ambrose]

You forgot the number one reason not to vote for McClintock.

He's a lying RINO piece of garbage.

[SteveH]

He can't win.

Since you are into the crystal ball prophesy thing, here's mine:

Arnold will be crucified by the media (searching for any weakness in a potential Republican winner, and using it to elect any liberal) for his libertine past. And especially if McClintock resigns, since at that point Republicans would have no major-draw alternative and Bustamante would win by default.

So (by that analysis) supporting Arnold is supporting Bustamante.

The fact that Arnold-bots keep repeating McClintock is a lost cause is comedy. I guess the vehicle tax rollback was a lost cause? And McClintock would not have won Controller if Simon had not stepped in the Davis photo trap doo-doo and diverged from his talking points in 2002? And McClintock is not a perennial winner in his own district? It's not tough to figure out that the Arnold bots have a "pucker factor" whenever they are called upon by circumstances to uphold the principles they profess to live by. (Obligatory sheesh ;-)

[Belial]

You forgot the number one reason not to vote for McClintock. He can't win.

Not true. In Arnold was not in the race, McClintock could beat Bustamante.

There are plausible scenarios in which Arnold could drop out. Already the stories of drug use and orgies have come out, and there are reports of sexual harassment in the wings. If any of that dirt begins to really threaten his personal life, he could bow out of the race.

Arnold's skeletons may not be that dangerous, but it is quite possible they could run him out of the race.