I understand the concern but please allow me to offer an alternative viewpoint using a similar medical analogy.
I can't do anything about a cancer if I don't have a reliable physician or effective medication. Specifically I need a president who will enforce traditional immigration concepts and I need a willingness on the part of the California governance to redistrict the state to get rid of the single issue ideologues.
My emphasis is to work with what's available to me. As a conservative that means threatening Bush with a loss of my vote if he won't change his stance and at the state level there is no alternative but to get rid of Schwarzenegger since in my estimation he's not salvageable for a whole host of reasons beginning with a mentality that derives from holding dual citizenship.
Well to go along with your allegory since the state doctor is closer to deal with the cancer in your state, shouldn't you be directing your energies to eradicating the cancer with the closest "medicine"(i.e trying to get California's house in order)