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<p>California conservatives are being advised to muzzle our core beliefs in order to elect a Republican to statewide office again. Campaign operatives say our ideas don't sell any more, and we must throw them over in order for a Republican to win again in the Golden State. Pundits say we are in the political wilderness and that the only way out is to compromise our ideals.</p>

Trojan Horses As candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to not answer specific questions about his stances on issues - and as his poll numbers decline - Republicans should ask one question: if we nominate and elect a candidate who will not tell us where he stands, why are we so in love with him? "Because he can win!" That is the reply from many who want the power in GOP hands - no matter what. But let us examine the case of New York City and the so-called Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg: Mr. Bloomberg, a self-made billionaire, was a life-long Democrat...

By Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- Arnold Schwarzenegger has given Democrats thousands of dollars in political donations over the past two decades, including $1,000 to Massachusetts senator and liberal lightning rod Ted Kennedy. At the same time, campaign reports show, the GOP actor and gubernatorial hopeful has been a lukewarm financial supporter of Republican candidates. Ultimately, say political observers, Schwarzenegger's history of political giving indicates little beyond what already is known -- that he is a moderate Republican who married into the Democratic Kennedy clan via NBC news correspondent Maria Shriver. But conservative activists argue the pattern underscores a questionable political...