[goldstategop]

I've never seen a liberal win an election with a whopping 15 point margin! And we're told it has nothing to do with the set of policies the Democrats have been pushing on California for the last couple of years.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"I've never seen a liberal win an election with a whopping 15 point margin!"

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Well, I did, just last night. : )

It is clear that most Republicans voted for Arnold, not McClintock, yesterday, so the California GOP has given Arnold a mandate. If he raises taxes or pushes for civil unions for gays, affirmative action, more gun control, taxpayer-funded abortions or bigger government, he will destroy the California GOP from within. But I sincerely hope that Governor Schwarzenegger proves me wrong and actually governs like a Republican, and if he does I'll be happy to accept "I told you so"s from pro-Arnold FReepers.

[shadowman99]

"I've never seen a liberal win an election with a whopping 15 point margin!"

Yes you have. you saw it happen last night.

Arnold is a Rino. I think it's overstating things to call this a conservative victory or a republican victory.

Arnold has no coattails to offer for other conservatives. He's not going to sway anyone to vote for GWB in 2004.

Just as the libs are trying to overstate the no vote on 51 today, I see conservatives trying to make too much of Arnold's win. We need to be honest here - there are people in CA who decided that his politics were liberal in spite of his party affiliation, and they trusted him more than Bustamove. Arnold inspired a lot of crossover votes from the Dems because they saw through his fake (R) and saw one of their own.

Also Arnold had a certain Ventura factor other Republi

[jmc813]

I've never seen a liberal win an election with a whopping 15 point margin!

I just did last night. :-P