Free Republic

EUREKA -- Republican State Sen. Tom McClintock spoke to a riveted crowd at OH's Town House Friday, covering everything from what he called an out-of-control public employee lobby to illegal immigration and environmentalism. McClintock, widely considered to be one of the most conservative nominees to replace Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, lost that race to a more moderate Arnold Schwarzenegger. He received 13.5 percent of the vote, roughly a quarter of what Schwarzenegger received. He's now set his sights on becoming lieutenant governor in 2006 and beyond that governor. Roughly 100 people filled the restaurant's banquet room as McClintock and...