More DNC spin. If Gray Davis had a gregarious personality and still embraced out of mainstream views, he still would have lost. Liberals continue to delude themselves into thinking its not the content, its the packaging that's responsible for Democratic defeat after Democratic defeat.
"California is a Democratic state and will remain so. Arnold proved that, because he ran on Democratic issues as a pro-choice and gay rights candidate," he said.
California may lean Democratic but the kooks and wackos who have taken over the party live in Ground Zero: the Bay Area. Cruz The Snooze won support for his tax and spend and illegal alien friendly policies in that one corner of the state. Arnold and Tom together won a combined 63% percent of the vote. Arnold didn't run as social liberal; he ran as a fiscal conservative candidate on a platform of eliminating the car tax hike, not raising taxes, reducing spending, and cleaning up Sacramento. Hardly the agenda your typical California Democrat will run on for statewide office.
"People wanted Davis out. This was the message. This was not about Democrats; this was all about Gray Davis," Miss Brazile said.
Voters rejected the Davis liberal philosophy. This was a slap at Bill and Hillary Clinton and a repudiation of the campaigning they and the Ten Dwarfs did on behalf of Gray Davis. In short, it wasn't just the man, it was the message, stupid.