You may be right but I get the sense from your post that you consider McClintock to be the Perot of the situation. Let's see...we had a GOP candidate who espoused Reaganesqe ideals in the race from the start. Whenever he's heard unfiltered, his poll numbers rise... maybe he should be heard more often. Maybe the GOP should support this guy.
Instead, we get an Arnold-come-lately who espouses social policies which don't jibe with the GOP platform and who, despite spending millions, can't increase his numbers in the polls. The GOP throws their support here because they just hope to win on his star power--regardless of his beliefs or policies.
The Perot in this scenario is Arnold who is siphoning votes from the only true conservative candidate in the race--the only one who actually recites the GOP platform.
In a state that's shifted a long distance to the left since Reagan left the Governor's office in 1974.
Whenever he's heard unfiltered, his poll numbers rise...
Only when the LA Times (aka "The Aztlan Daily Worker") deliberately stacks their polling sample to overstate his support.
Maybe the GOP should support this guy.
Maybe this guy should go after Democrats and quit kowtowing to the Bustamante supporters who donate money to him.