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Tom would have to fight the same battle for Senator that he has to here from the liberal side of the GOP.

And if he were the front runner, his skeletons would be outed instead of Arnolds. Where was Tom when the Liberals took over the state? He's been in elected office for twenty years.

How many times have I heard from the Arnold folks that a conservative can't win statewide office,...

Many Republicans believe that a moderate has a better chance at Governor at this time.

...and now you offer a statewide office as inducement to get out?

Get out? By staying in the race, McClintock balanced the opposition; two Republicans against two Democrats. In the battle between Liberals and Conservatives, Tom is the Conservative and Davis/Bustamente are the Liberals. This allowed Arnold to claim the vast middle ground where most of the votes are, IMO, and may have allowed a GOP win next Tuesday.

You think Arnold will wave a magic wand and make him Senator?

A Republican Governor would be a little more helpful to Tom than a Democrat would.

Does the term "empty promise" mean anything to you?

No.

If Tom can win as Senator, he can win as Governor.

Not necessarily, as you know. Independent voters are needed by both parties. Many of them would vote for a moderate rather than for a staunch Liberal that many of us despise or for a staunch Conservative that many of us admire, IMO.

Where was Tom when the Liberals took over the state? He's been in elected office for twenty years.

The state wasn't taken from Tom, it was taken from Pete Wilson, the current string puller for Arnie. Pete lost it on his watch as governor, not any single State Senator or Assemplyman.

Sorry, thought you were one of the folks calling for him to get out of the race now for a promise of a Senator's office later. And I agree with you that his staying in has been a good thing for the Republicans, even while being stabbed in the back and demonized by the very ones he was helping.

Tom will NEVER get an endorsement from the Sate GOP for anything while Wilson is here, and would have to fight the GOP as much in that race as he has here.

I think Tom would be much more effective for California as Governor being a conservative executive with veto power, rather than having his vote diluted in the U.S. Senate.

The dems have finally run the State into the ground, and there will NEVER be a better time than this to get a conservative in and show California that we don't want to poison their water, kill their elders, and eat children while we torture puppies.

Remember that old V-8 commercial? I'd hate to see a lot of conservative Arnie voters waking up on 8OCT, slapping their heads, and saying, "We coulda had McClintock!"