[ambrose]

Apart from being a "RINO", John Seymour had to be the most unimaginative senate pick imaginable. Seymour's only prior statewide experience was being defeated in the Lt. Governor primary!

[vbmoneyspender]

That appointment was so bad, the only conclusion one can draw from it is that Wilson did it purposefully because he didn't want to have a serious rival in the California Republican Party. Wilson appointed Seymour because he knew he would lose.