Don't give me that. A huge part of the opposition to Schwarzenegger, during those putrid Recall FR threads, was that he was going to regularize illegals in California. Sabertooth was all over those threads.
The bigger lesson learned from the California recall for Karl Rove and all other astute observers? The loud, disaffected minority fringers are an irrelevance when a popular, moderate Party favorite can garner crossover support. Like Arnold in October. Like Bush this coming November.
The vote in California was more against Davis than for somebody else. They wanted him out because of his pandering and lying. I don't even live in the state and know that, if you don't believe me talk to someone who does live there.