I agree. As others have already said here, if this were a primary then let TM and AS duke it out. But it is not, there is no time to move the support to the most conservative.
Right now, AS has the support. Politics is the art of the possible. AS winning is possible, TM is not.
And remember, re-election of GW is the bigger picture. AS as governor will aid that effort. If Bustament wins and partly because of that GW loses, then we've all lost. Those who think a Dem would be better than a RINO must be counting on the Dem making such a mess of things that he loses next time around. But that assumes the rules won't change.
But if GW loses, the rules change. A Dem in the White House pays off California's debts, pardons the Dem governor, and they all live happily ever after. CA and the rest of the country gets flushed down the drain, but the Dems are happy.
The leak in the dike is smaller now, perhaps a RINO can plug it. A (D) only makes the leak bigger. If we wait and let the (D)'s have their way, the dam may fail. The Clintons can still do much too much mischief yet for us to give them an opening.
Ah, but so there is time to move the support to the most liberal ?
"Right now, AS has the support. Politics is the art of the possible. AS winning is possible, TM is not."
And what exactly do you win here ? That's the basic point here. With a RINO Governor, you win precisely nothing. You get all of the 'Rat agenda, and the ETHICS, all with an "R" label. So again, I ask you, what do you win ? I just had one of these "great" Governors, and all he handed us was an authentic 'Rat when his reign of error was over.
"And remember, re-election of GW is the bigger picture. AS as governor will aid that effort."
And this, dear sir, is the BIGGEST lie of them all. I challenge you to name all of the RINO Governors sitting in office in '00 that helped Dubya carry their respective states. Do you know that in New England, which has a plethora of RINO Governors, that in '00 the only state up there that went for Dubya was the one that had a 'RAT Governor (Jeanne Shaheen in NH). Reagan and Bush, Sr. also did VERY well in states with 'Rat Governors.
"But if GW loses, the rules change. A Dem in the White House pays off California's debts, pardons the Dem governor, and they all live happily ever after. CA and the rest of the country gets flushed down the drain, but the Dems are happy."
Ah-nold will do more to help Dubya LOSE CA than any 'Rat will. As I said above with all of those oh-so-helpful RINO Governors in '00.
"The leak in the dike is smaller now, perhaps a RINO can plug it. A (D) only makes the leak bigger. If we wait and let the (D)'s have their way, the dam may fail. The Clintons can still do much too much mischief yet for us to give them an opening."
A RINO Governor is never the solution, all they do is leave even bigger messes to clean up. Many of us know this all too well... :-|