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To: prarie earth
Let's see...McClintock...the allegedly only "true" conservative, can only muster 21% of the GOP vote?!?!

God Almighty! You mean there are more people in the GOP who would support the supposed "RINO" at 39% than there are who would the true conservative?!?

If you can only get 1 in 5 of your OWN party to vote for you, then please get the hell out of the race.
71 posted on 08/24/2003 9:02:15 AM PDT by medscribe
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To: medscribe
Well put..but lets see how the Clinton slime machine does with tarring and feathering Arnold in September.

It is a good thing to have 2-3 backup candidates just in case

95 posted on 08/24/2003 9:28:45 AM PDT by prarie earth
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To: medscribe
Two months is a long time in a political campaign. Keep in mind at one time in the last California primary for Governor, Bill Simon had 9% and the annointed Dick Riordan had 49%. Two months later Simon won the nomination and Riordan was toast. Once people got to know the frontrunner, it was all over but the shouting.

Now I'm not saying that the same thing will happen to Arnold, but it's not inconceivable. Arnold does offer a much different dynamic to this race and is far less divisive than Riordan.

Right now people are hungry for a win. That's why right now Arnold is pulling higher numbers than the true conservative. People have been conditioned to accept this media darling as our one and only chance. Time will tell if Republicans will jump on the Arnold bandwagon or think of this campaign as a joke.

119 posted on 08/24/2003 9:47:55 AM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: medscribe
You mean there are more people in the GOP who would support the supposed "RINO" at 39% than there are who would the true conservative?!?

Unfortunately, yes. A majority of our party is ready to cave on most conservative principles just to "win".

148 posted on 08/24/2003 10:28:26 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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