Living in the most heavily taxed state in the union, with a 6-8 percent unemployment rate as a result, tends to make a candidate -the ONLY candidate- who's willing to make a no-tax pledge mighty attractive, even to moderates.
Yeah, 14% attractive. What % of that 14% are non-conservatives? Hate to tell you, but 'moderates' are voting for Arnold already. And you'd ask them to switch their vote FROM the front-runner, TO the also-ran, with less than 2 weeks to the election? That's ludicrous.
Arnold has said time and time again that our problems are not from a lack of income -- but from too much spending. He says it over and over. He's banked his candidacy on being business-friendly and tax-opposed. To waste your vote for McSpoiler because you're suspicous of Arnold, who, again, complains about our tax burden at every opportunity, seems to be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Again, where are these moderates that are allegedly voting for McSpoiler?
And how attractive is BoostMyTaxes' Tough Love plan?
You ought to vote for Arnold simply for the sake of the California GOP (I'm a Libertarian - I have no dog in this hunt), because if the CA GOP screws up this recall, they are simply toast. Simon couldn't beat Idiot Davis in the election -- an election that any Republican SHOULD have won, given Davis' mishandling of the energy crisis. But the CA GOP screwed that pooch. Now they get the chance again, and they're on the verge of screwing the pooch on this one as well. Who would have ANY confidence in the CA GOP if it can't win a recall against a governor with an approval rating below 25%?
When I vote Libertarian, I know my candidate won't win. But you McSpoiler types actually believe the guy has a chance. I honestly don't think you understand the nature of California voters.
Even with the tax burdens already upon us here, Bustamonte might STILL possibly be our next governor, EVEN THOUGH HE EXPLICITLY STATES HE'LL RAISE TAXES. Even THAT hasn't dissuaded California voters from liking Cruz Bustamonte. DOESN'T THAT TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT CALIFORNIA VOTERS?! Given any sanity in the California voting population inre taxes, Bustamonte would be a single-digit also-ran. But, despite his pledge for new taxes, he's still quite well in the hunt. What is so difficult to understand about this?