Listen, you were wrong, and you still are wrong, that McClintock could cost Arnold the race. I still predict that Cruz comes in third, and when it happens you'll wish you'd backed someone you agree with on at least one issue.
Bustamante as governor would not be good news for Bush. As a Democrat in the governor’s chair, he would inherit Davis’s fiscal problems but not his personal baggage. Accordingly, the election of a Republican Oct. 7 suddenly becomes a Bush priority. Nobody gives 2002 nominee Bill Simon a prayer, and state Sen. Tom McClintock is a very dark horse. That is why, on the day after Schwarzenegger nudged aside Riordan to become a candidate, the President declared of the five-time Mr. Universe: “I think he’d make a good governor.” (As you were saying...)
Longtime Democratic hit man Bob Mulholland talked about shooting “real bullets” at Schwarzenegger (though state chairman Torres said he cautioned him against “using that word again”). Note that Torres didn't say he disagreed with Mulholland.