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For you, perhaps, but not everybody is so sanguine about having a Governor Bustamente.

Well, I'm no more sanguine than those who're advising Arnold to stand pat instead of making a good faith effort to get the votes of those of us who are supporting McClintock.
If Arnold's in danger of losing to Bustamante (and the poll on this thread doesn't support that hypothetical), then it's his own positions on the issues that are the cause of his inability to garner the votes sufficient for victory.
Sorta moot, anyway, because at this point it looks like Arnold will win in a plurality of the replacement election, and the Republicans will win a conservopopulist landslide in the recall against Davis.
McClintock's tally will be a cautionary note to future statewide candidates that they need to guard their right flank. Seems many need to relearn the lesson of Richard Nixon, when he lost to Pat Brown in the 1962 CA gubernatorial election.
If the 40-25-18 breakdown between Schwarzenegger, Bustamante, and McClintock is more or less reflected in the Election Day totals, I'd say that's one of the better outcomes possible for the GOP, both statewide and nationally.

it's his own positions on the issues that are the cause of his inability to garner the votes sufficient for victory.

Well, yea, but that cuts both ways. Best is better than Better and Better is better than Horrendous. Is Better that much inferior to Best, and insignificantly better than Horrendous??

One might have to wait until Governor Bustamygutne has been in office a couple months to find out for sure (recent "polling" aside). Thats a risk many people would prefer not to take.