[hobbes1]

How do you know, that he is not staying in long enough, to give the illusion of a split pubbie ticket, so that the Dems, seeing Arnold with a huge lead (Over 15 points) dont start pushing the 'No to Recall' angle.


In a sense both tickets are currently split, McClintock needs to hang around until about 5 days out, (Friday Before the election) then Get out very publicly.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

That presumes that he has any sense whatsoever and that this is part of a coherent plan.

I don't think he is that smart or that principled based on the things he has said and done in this campaign, as well as by the palpable frustration you are seeing within the party.

[kingu]

McClintock needs to hang around until about 5 days out, (Friday Before the election) then Get out very publicly.

And in the mean time, another million votes are cast. Today is the first day that those in Los Angeles County can go to one of twelve locations to vote via touch-screen machines. These centers are open seven days a week until election day. In addition, many absentee voters who were holding back their vote until after the courts decided if the recall was going to be pushed back are mailing them.

Tom doesn't need to hang in any further. The best thing he could do is the first comment at the debate should be to say he's withdrawing himself as a candidate and supporting Arnold Schwarzenegger, and spend the remaining time of the debate supporting the Republican viewpoint against the three leftist rogues.

I think we both know that what is best will not happen.

[Paradox]

How do you know, that he is not staying in long enough, to give the illusion of a split pubbie ticket, so that the Dems, seeing Arnold with a huge lead (Over 15 points) dont start pushing the 'No to Recall' angle.

You know, I was thinking something similar as well. What if this is a ruse by the Pubbies to keep the Demo attack dogs off of Arnold, or whomever the front runner is. By allowing the Repubs to "eat their own", the democrats back off, helping Arnold especially since he apparently has some bad things to dredge (drudge?) up in his background...