[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Both of you make excellent points as usual.

I highly doubt Tom would be a part of Arnold's administration. Wilson would sooner walk on nails than consort with the enemy. If he was offered a position, I hope Tom would kindly say no thanks. Tom would be marginalized and scapegoated for the new administration's failed fiscal policies and probable tax increases. It's better for Tom to remain in the state senate. He can man the resistance from there. Lord knows, we are going to need it in an Arnold administration.

Tom is on the national scene now. The conservatives in this state finally have a leader and voice, whether Tom wins the governorship this time or not. Patience and long term planning should be our strategy.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

Thank you. Good observations. Tom carries our conservative standard so well, the chisellers feel hugely uncomfortable in his presence. That's because, to begin with, too many of them have sunk so low that they have to look up to see down.