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Do you understand what a Cruz victory is really going to do to the Conservative movement in California? Think about it -- Arnold loses and Cruz is elected for one reason -- McClintock, a conservative, played the role of spoiler.

How many Republicans in California are now going to give McC a seat at the table ever again? Even conservatives like Rohrbacher are starting to question the "purist" conservatives agenda.

You folks in the McC camp alone will be responsible for the demise of conservatism in CA if Cruz is elected. Arnold is a concensus builder and will reach out which CA needs. With a Republican in the Governor's Chair, it should make it easier to get more Republicans elected when the people of California see that Arnold is helping fix the CA economy so why not elect people to help him.

Think some of you have totally misjudged what CA is today versus when Pres Reagan was Governor. A win for Cruz will crush the conservatives in the CA Republican Party and the Republican conservatives in office today except for McC and a few realize it. Shame more of you don't!

A win for Cruz will crush the conservatives in the CA (GOP) and few realize it.

Believe me, McC more than realizes what he is doing. Many posters here take a logical approach, but unfortunately fail to consider some significant underlying factors that would render their analysis moot.

To wit, if you thought McC actually lived in his home district of T.O., you would logically assume that perhaps he would have some interest in maintaining a political future.

But, as it turns out, he actually has lived in Elk Grove (a suburb of Sacramento) since 1996. The central mentality of people from the central valley is an inferiority complex (for good reason). If McC was still in T.O. he probably would have a number of people trying to moderate his position.

But since he's now in the central valley, he's surrounded by liked minded individuals. That is, damn the big city RINOs in both the Bay Area and SoCal. It also provides him with an out - if he can pull 10-15% of the voters, he's got a ready made constituency for some new far-right party.

You see, threats of being banned from the GOP have no bearing on him anymore. The guy is operating on a totally different level. That's why AS's advisors are pushing him to the left to take on Busty and give up the far right to McC.

How many Republicans in California are now going to give McC a seat at the table ever again? Even conservatives like Rohrbacher are starting to question the "purist" conservatives agenda.

And your point?

I think Schwarzengger, McClintock and Simon all deserve a seat other than the table after they all brought in their egos and messed things up.