[Victoria Delsoul]

but as someone who lives in a heavily Democratic state I understand what it's like for a truly conservative candidate to have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. If McClintock couldn't win this race even if he were the only Republican candidate (and it looks this way), he ought to get out as quickly as possible and stop his little Ross Perot game.

That's exactly my point. If Simon who is a conservative couldn't win before, McClintock doesn't have much of a chance either.

[Alberta's Child]

On top of all that, there is even a question of whether McClintock could govern effectively even if he did win. He's got some great ideas for California, but with a Democratic legislature he's never going to get any of them passed into law.

At least Arnold can run as a political outsider -- his lack of political experience actually works in his favor in a recall race like this.