I doubt that the " DEM PLAYBOOK ", whatever you imagine that to be, is what has made this an Arnold V. Cruz election. No. In the least ten days it has come down to Davis vs Schwarzenegger -- which is what Davis and the dems have wanted all along.
It's the battle of Santa Monica (Arnold) vs W. Hollywood (Gray).
That doesn't make sense. Sorry, but you seem to be assuming a very great deal about the Dems, spun from whole cloth/imagination.