I predict here and now that McClintock will receive the same or less support in his campaign from the official Republican Party apparatus as Jones did in his Senate run vs. Boxer. That is to say, nothing even noticeable.
The Republican Party sees CA as nothing but an ATM for their national agenda, and doesn't give a damn about promoting a Republican agenda at the State level. They don't seek strong candidates and they don't support the ones they do run. They compromise constantly with the status quo, as long as the gerrymanders preserve their own little fiefdoms, while settling for the permanent minority status that preserves. And it will stay that way as long as the Riordan/Wilson/Drier types hold sway. Arnold Schwarzenegger's candidacy at the last moment in the recall was a blatant powerplay by that wing, at the expense of the grass roots conservatives who got it going.
The Republican Party sees CA as nothing but an ATM for their national agenda, and doesn't give a damn about promoting a Republican agenda at the State level
The R party is different in the state than nationally. You seem not to know that they are different apparatti.
Further, nationally, the money that is raised in CA stayed in CA. This was especially the case in 2000.
You're analysis is also useless as you fail to recognize that you _are_ the party - and if you decline to be part of it, you only hurt your own ability to influence the process that you are so critical of.
So what did you personally do for Jones other than write a check (maybe) and vote for him?