[SunStar]

Is Arnold closer to your views than Cruz?

Well, I guess his quasi-pledge not to raise taxes is about the ONLY thing I've heard that is remotely conservative.

I totally understand what you are saying about Arnold not being everything you ever dreamed of.

No, you don't. Because you do not understand the basic fact that our conservative beliefs on how best to run government shouldn't be dropped for a short-term win.

If Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to distance himself from the GOP's platform positions, he should have ran as an Independent.

I also think McC is a good conservative, but he's not prepared to win this race in any way.

Quit the slanderous remarks... He most certainly is prepared to win! In fact, he's had a complete plan to run California way before Arnold Schwarzenegger cleared his run with his wife.

I think Arnold is pro-business and wants to see business come back.

That may be true, though I still haven't heard any specifics on how he will bring businesses back.

I also think he really wants to repair this economy as best he can.

Again, that may be true, but he has not put forward a plan to substantiate your belief.

I only consider Arnold electable and steps toward the right direction and DO NOT consider him my ideal of a conservative candidate at all.

I agree that he is not a conservative. However, he is not a "step in the right direction". He is a step in the LEFT direction.

I'd rather Republicans have their foot in the door and moving forward rather than end up having us stuck at the starting line again.

If the Democrats win this recall election, then they will continue to drag this state down, which will FURTHER our conservative efforts to reverse-course.

I believe in core, Republican beliefs as the answer to liberalism, not electing a moderate Democrat under the Republican banner.

I am not a "GOP-uber-alles" voter. I am a conservative first, and I will not vote to move our party even further towards the Left/Socialist side of the spectrum.

We are winning in this country via President Bush because of his core beliefs and refusal to back down. We won't win California with a limp-wristed "Republican" who won't even debate his rivals or openly push conservatism into Sacramento.

Don't you remember "they have not led, we will" from 2000???

(BTW, I still think it is completely rude of you to disrupt almost every McClintock thread each day.)

[A CA Guy]

I do understand EXACTLY where you are coming from and when I was younger I thought like you, but I matured and learned from witnessing life here in CA.

Only electable candidates win, no matter who you want.

So when you vote for the unelectable, that is called a lost vote.
Granted it wasn't a vote exactly for a Democrat, but by not voting for the electable candidate, the Democrats win and win and win again.

We are in an enemy state where conservatives DO NOT have the majority vote.
The ONLY way to win back the state is with STEPS.

By showing in steps that Republicans are better for the state, you then can put more and more conservative candidates as you go along.
Eventually the state would accept a fully conservative candidate.

That time IS NOT NOW!

So a vote on principles for the unelectable will get you a Democrat leader in perpetuity!

So learn from what happens with this election for the next time.