Your recollection is faulty.
Schwarzentaxxer had the full backing of the GOPe, unlike Trump. Let's see... Who else has the full backing of the GOPe in this presidential race and who is viewed by the GOPe as the outsider?
If you want a more valid comparison, his opponent, Tom McClintock, the true conservative, was shunned by the GOPe despite the fact that McClintock had a proven track record and was intimately familiar with the problems facing 'Cawleefownia' and detailed his solutions.
Schwarzentaxxer, OTOH, said he would present his solutions after he was elected. Many FReepers said McClintock was not electable due to his wall-eye and backed Schwarzentaxxer, instead.
McClintock would have lost in a landslide.
Schwarzenegger was by far the more popular candidate. He pulled Democrats like McClintock couldnt, and Democrats were necessary to win any statewide office in CA.
That the Dems got Schwarzenegger in the end is mostly just a consequence of having a Dem majority. Blame the people, they deserve it.
“Your recollection is faulty. Schwarzentaxxer had the full backing of the GOPe, unlike Trump”
I’m glad somebody else here remembers how it went down.
First, the GOPe wasn’t behind the effort to recall Gray Davis. But when we succeeded they quickly moved to gain control of who would replace him.
We all wanted the excellent, if quiet, Tom McClintock.
But the busy little elitists in the GOPe wanted someone that they could control and Arnold was their boy. Hugh Hewitt told us every day on RINO radio that we just had to elect Arnold or it would doom the Party. Well he got his way.
My recollection is just fine. The Arniebots made complete asses of themselves. Which was my whole point.