Yeah, that has been my position - it remains my basic position. Governor-elect Schwarzenegger is, from all I have seen, proposed and/or supported something similar in that area, which I believe you have denounced on other threads. However, to be honest, I never made reference to any polls. However, I feel that it is safe to infer that a significant portion of the defections to McClintock among conservative voters were those who would tend to heavily weigh whether or not a candidate is pro-Life and pro-Second Amendment. Furthermore, the ballot issues you mention will, in my opinion, also be non-sequitors. In the cvase of repaling SB60, Schwarzenegger is in favor of, albeit he's going to give the legislature a chance to do it first. A tactical difference, but for purists like you, that seems to be an unforgivable sin. The real question is: Do you have enough single-issue voters on this issue to defeat a political candidate over his/her stance on immigration? Finally, a few comment on "social conservatives" in general. I'll be quite blunt: The way social conservatives have handled the immigration issue in general has pushed me into becoming largely a social libertarian. I read the stuff on VDARE. I've read some of the stuff Sam Francis has written on the topic. In my opinion, Sam Francis is racist, and VDARE treads close to that line. Furthermore, others who write on that issue, including Michelle Malkin, have either decided that it is not a problem OR have taken a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" approach. For me, that is a deal-breaker. The stuff Chancellor Palpatine originally posted on this thread is another red flag. I remember some of the fuss during last year's gubernatorial campaign over a questionnaire that was sent to Bill Simon where his repsonse did not toe the line for some of these types - and they raised a huge fuss and branded him a sell-out. I saw posts that branded conservatives sell-outs for endorsing Schwarzenegger, including Darrell Issa, who was highly committed to that recall and donated (at a minimumn) hundreds of thousands of dollars for signature gathering. Sorry, but as far as I am concerned, I think that Chancellor Palpatine has made a pretty strong case in his posts and on his threads. PhiKapMom had done similar research, and she seems to have discovered much of the same stuff. Poohbah has had experience with these folks as well, which he has posted about on this thread. Tamsey raised an excellent point on another thread - you might want to think it over - look over the post and the thread before you respond: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/998887/posts?page=30#30 Is that fair enough?
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