Posted on 09/24/2003 11:28:58 AM PDT by CHUCKfromCAL
In the clearest sign yet that the Republican Party is coalescing behind actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, three influential party leaders Tuesday ratcheted up the pressure on state Sen. Tom McClintock to abandon his bid to be governor.
The state's ranking Republican, Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, said McClintock's candidacy threatens to put another Democrat in the governor's office. The man who bankrolled the recall petition drive, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, pointedly called on McClintock to drop out of the race. And the former head of the party, a fellow conservative, is asking county chairs to endorse the more moderate Schwarzenegger at a meeting Thursday.
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