Schwartzenegger's meeting with Tom McClintock...
I totally missed it, so I'm just guessing... but was this in the Fall of 2005...???
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"There is a mutual-needs society going on here," said veteran Democratic strategist Kam Kuwata. "One guy has the bottle of milk. The other guy has the glass. You need both to drink the milk."
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That must be some sour milk by now.
Should the gUb not win, you know who will get the blame, huh? ;-)
"McClintock, revered as an icon in some California conservative circles, had the governor's back.
The senator sent a missive in support of Schwarzenegger to 1,400 convention delegates and signed on to another, similar letter from GOP candidates for statewide office. He recently arranged a conference call with the influential California Republican Assembly, whose members were agitating to yank the governor's endorsement. McClintock also attended a closed-door meeting last week at the Sacramento Hyatt among Schwarzenegger, his campaign team and the county GOP leaders. "
If you don't want to listen to me, listen to Tom.
As I read the commentary from the FR peanut gallery, I no longer wonder why CalGOP is in such a mess.
Well, that ought to go over well with the conservative base.
And: "...the closer you get to elections, the more pragmatic people get."
Only those people who were party-above-principle GOP/RNC/CAGOP/New Majority Big Tenters to begin with. They are compromisers to whom winning is everything and no principle is too important that it cannot be risen above (i.e., dumped over the side) in the interest of winning.
Arnold knows he needs McClintock to bring out the base for him. It will probably work but I won't vote for him.
Here's my fantasy: Schwarzenegger and McClintock win and then Arnold screws the Democrats by either resigning or going on permanent vacation out-of-state. McClintock becomes governor and, using the line-item veto, institutes a program of fiscal discipline the likes of which California hasn't seen in years. It won't happen, but it's fun to contemplate.
Brilliant move by the both of them IMO.
That would be one way for McClintock to be more known for a run as Gov. years from now, and Arnold benefits from some of the McC's followers coming to hear him and getting exposure for the Gov.