[A CA Guy]

Bustamonte only got 31% because of the popular candidate that Arnold is.

No one knows the results of an election until the vote is counted.
At a time when no vote had taken place and McClintock knew he was both a loser and splitting the vote, that was IMO spoiling the election to the benefit of the Democrats.
We were darn lucky in California that Arnold was so powerful a candidate that he could survive a Democrat and a backstabbing wanna-be McC.

McC has lost my trust due to his actions, before that I liked him but just thought he needed to market himself better.
Now, I believe he is bad for the party, bad for the people and too in love with potential power to ever be trusted again.

[AVNevis]

"We were darn lucky in California that Arnold was so powerful a candidate that he could survive a Democrat and a backstabbing wanna-be McC."
Mcclintock was a more powerful candidate than Arnold. I'd lay out my evidence, but you have heard it before and have dismissed it, so it isn't worth my time. After all, I have a blog to update. No time to deal with issues from two years ago.