It isn't about parties. Do you really think I'm advocating Arnold because he has "(R)" in front of his name? Get a grip. As someone pointed out earlier in the thread, useless gestures don't save babies.
There are people who voted for Ross Perot in '88 and '92 "on principle" and we got 8 years of Clinton. I don't see how that would be any less stupid and wasteful if you changed his platform to absolute perfection. On September 11th, we reaped the fruits of voting on "principle" to help Bill Clinton into office.
….a USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll released earlier this week shows that McClintock is not exactly unknown, nor is he as negatively viewed as either Schwarzenegger or Bustamante. Consider the following results of a poll of probable voters: Is the Party Establishment Right About the Recall?
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Favorable: 63
Unfavorable: 30
Never Heard Of: 0
No Opinion: 7
Tom McClintock
Favorable: 62
Unfavorable: 20
Never Heard Of: 4
No Opinion: 14
Cruz Bustamante
Favorable: 37
Unfavorable: 54
Never Heard Of: 3
No Opinion: 6