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McClintock made me proud to be a conservative because HE was clearly proud to be the only conservative on the panel tonight.

Yes. He was magnificent. No apologies. No mealy-mouthed obfuscations. Just calm, well-reasoned, fully-committed restatements of the only medicine that will heal the state. He has spent 30 years working to this end. He didn't flinch when the battle was joined.

My wife, who is quite non-political, walked into the room where I was watching the debate and asked, "Why are you watching this? This is about California." I answered that its interesting. So, she sat down and watched it with me. She asked, "Who is that?" I answered, "His name is Tom McClintock. He is polling third in this race." She watched it for another 45 minutes. Towards the end of the debate my wife stated, "Well, I'd vote for that McClintock guy. He makes me want to stand up and clap for him!"

My wife may not be a political junkie like me, but she has a great deal of common sense. I'm hoping that Californians are somewhat the same.