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The question is whether to pull a few temporary votes from the narrow slice of Demonrats who are now worried about taxes or to pull large numbers of socially conservative minority voters and particularly Latinos who do not want their grandchildren aborted or their children in lavender relationships. The white shoe Republican Muffiesa and Skippers are fading fast and there are not that many Demonratic regulars so worried about their trust funds as to be reliable Republicans.

Wha you guys consistently ignore is that Arnie is the disastrous Wilson redux or he would not have had Wilson as campaign manager. The California GOP simly refuses to recognize that Wilson's elitist liberalism on taxes, social issues and overt racism against Latinos (which has cost the GOP in California MANY votes) is the root of GOP failure in Caligornia. Now, while Arnold rakes in out of state special interest dough (Arnie for sale to the same interests as Doofus) and Vegas casino money, the Wilsonites want to spend their time whacking McClintock for being supported by California's Indian casinos. If you ran an Indian casino, wouldn't you try to stop Arnie when he is in bed with your Vegas competitors?

That celebrity liberal Arnie has access to liberal money via Buffett and Wilson and other media advantages does no change the essential fact that to support im is to surrender on the installment plan.

You really don't have a good feel for the state of public sentiment in CA.

You play down the effect of taxes: "a few temporary votes from the narrow slice of Demonrats who are now worried about taxes" You have got to be kidding me. There is a huge segment of Demonrats that are incredibly worried about taxes. The tripling of the car tax has hit all the little guys, not just the fat cats.

I know that you have a blind rage concentration on the moral issues, but that is not reflected in the CA electorate, because they do not see Arnie as a threat. He may or may not be a threat, but he is not seen as a threat by the average guy on the street.

Of course "Latinos ... do not want their grandchildren aborted". You make it sound like the Arnold Govt is going to come in and force abortions on them. Actually, even in CA those Latinos would have to decide to get an abortion themselves.

You believe that Arnold is a puppet for Wilson. I think that Arnold is his own man and is using the advice of many people across the political spectrum. I did not like a lot of Wilson's policies, but he WAS an effective campaigner. He was able to get the job done on winning elections. Utilizing him in this capacity is a smart move for Arnold.