Politics is not for wussies, the rational folk have been telling the Tombots that he couldn't win since day one, and they instead decided to hide in their cognative dissonance.
If Arnold hadn't run, Tom would still get 13%, behind Issa or Simon or Riordan, that is the reality of the situation, and you can only do so much to try to shine reality on some people.
Why should they? I've been reading these threads for about two weeks.
People who supported Arnold have taken a complete beating from these condescending "conservatives."