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Questions/Observations for McClintock and Co.

1. He hates the 'country club republicans.' Tom, what's with the class envy? Don't give me the core principles crap, he keeps specifically attacking country club republicans, how's he gonna get elected without them?

2. Cruz Bustamante hasn't attacked him. That tells me that Cruz' internal polls show this guy is a joke candidate, ie. not a threat. Reminiscent of when Bush DIDNT attack NADER in 2000, Bush's people knew he was hurting Gore more than Bush.

3. Arianna hasn't attacked him. Arianna is a paid shill for Gray Davis, in exchange for the California Franchise Tax Board NOT investigating her tax evasion. Conclusion, he's not a threat to even Arianna.

4. Tom is popular in other states! HELLO!How many votes does that mean for him?

5. Tom has become a 'conservative icon.' COME ON Already, he's been a factor for a month. This is the kind of thinking that says The White Stripes or the Strokes (two ridiculously trendy rock bands) are the new Rolling Stones.

6.It's gonna be funny watching the implosion, if I lived in Arizona or Nevada, I'd get ready for a surge in home prices, sell and immediately depart from the new state of EAST California!

"1. He hates the 'country club republicans.' Tom, what's with the class envy? Don't give me the core principles crap, he keeps specifically attacking country club republicans, how's he gonna get elected without them?"

All sizzle, no steak. Tommy has been in Colorado over the weekend gather donations from several of the elite country club conservatives that he as a career politician has been rallying against. Funny isn't it?

1. He hates the 'country club republicans.' Tom, what's with the class envy? Don't give me the core principles crap, he keeps specifically attacking country club republicans, how's he gonna get elected without them?

From S.F. Chronicle columnist Debra Saunders, the paper's token conservative, October 28, 2002:

Tom McClintock is nobody's handmaiden. In fact, there are Republican suits who, if they were candid, might admit that they'd prefer to see no Republican win statewide office than see McClintock elected controller. They don't want someone so independent and so clearly his own man in the party's top spot.
McClintock led the charge against state Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, a Republican who resigned in disgrace in 2000. Before that, McClintock so irritated GOP Govs. Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian that they endorsed his opponent, Dean Andal, in the primary.

Much has been made of McClintock's supposed disloyalty. When Tom defeated Andal by nearly 10%, the GOP establishment stood by as dot-com tycoon Steve Westly spent $4.6 million on his own campaign (Tom spent none of his own).

After garnering 948,000-odd votes in his primary run, McClintock received 3,273,028 in the general election -- over a million more votes than were cast for GOP candidates in the primary. He came within 17,000 votes of defeating Westly, which is notable considering that 480,000 ballots were returned without a choice for controller being made.

In short: outspent by at least 15-to-1, McClintock lost to a moneybags Demo by 0.3% when 6.2% didn't vote for anyone for controller. Think just a little financial help would have made a diff?

And as you probably already know, McClintock received more votes than any Republican running last year -- even Bill Simon.

"How's he gonna get elected without them?" you ask. IMHO, Tom would have gotten elected WITH them, but they weren't interested. So if there is any hatred of the "Country club" Republicans coming from McClintock, he is simply hating them back.