Not working with a party filled with incompetents and RINOs seems like a virtue to me.
Tom McClintock is NOT standing on principle in the sense most of us mean. Mirriam-Websters dictionary defines "principle" as a comprehensive and fundamental rule, doctrine, or assumption (as in "the principle of free speech"). McClinton (a Freudian slip I'm leaving in) is not standing on fundamental rules, or a fundamental doctrine, but his own fundamental assumption that he, and only he, has the correct answers to California's problems.
Worse, he has made it crystal clear over the last month that his political enemy is not the Leftist Governor whom the recall was intended to unseat, nor the Leftist Lt. Governor who is presently the front runner in the race to replace Davis. No, McClintock's enemy is a member of his own political party — and he is going out of his way to sow deep divisions within that party.
That makes McClintock a true demagogue — a leader who makes use of popular prejudices, and false claims and promises in order to gain power.
Over the past year, his ego has received a huge jolt of limelight, and he is really getting off on it. He is a relatively unknown member of the minority party in a state legislature who has suddenly been catapulted to the national spotlight, and he is most thoroughly enjoying his 15 minutes. Tom McClintock is what and who matters above all else to Tom McClintock — and he doesn't care who he has to use or climb over to claw his way to the top.
Uh, no. Arnold is. Who was in this race first? Which candidate has the courage to stand by and do nothing as babies are being torn limb from limb in their mothers' wombs? I welcome Arnold to join the baby-killers in the Democrat party.