This is what 'leverage' and 'deal making' is all about.
If a lot of you out there were really doctrinaire conservatives, you would say "hey. wow. we can still elect Arnold, but we get great Conservative influence in the appointment of Sacramento power elites). I'd work toward sitting down and discussing it, at least my friend.
What I will not do is vote for a pro-abortion pro gun control candidate. If there is no anti abortion candidate and no pro gun candidate, I do not vote.
I know that in Ohio people with my exact views represent 12 percent of the voters. I think it may be as high as 8 percent in California. If it is, then the chance of recalling Davis is at best a tie if McClintock pulls out.
What many foolish moderates believe is that men like McClintock lead people like me... They do not. They follow people like me. And if McClintock pulls out, and if McClintok pulls out and endorces Arnold McClintocks supporters will not vote for Arnold or anyone else. That is the name of that tune. It is the way the game works. That is why candidates have to sew up the right before appealing to the center. Arnie was way too dumb to know that.
It is real simple. When conservatives have a horse in the race they vote. When they don't have they don't vote.
Got that? We only have 74 years of unbroken history to prove it.
The right don't care what an withdrawn candidate says they should vote for. They don't listen to what some pressurized leader says.