[Agnes Heep]

For one thing, there's no primary election in a recall campaign. In a normal election, Arnie wouldn't stand a chance of getting his watered-down "moderate Republicanism" past the death-before-electability crowd who dominate GOP primaries in California.

I can't understand why this is. As George Will observes, it's the skinny end of the wedge that you put in first. Once that's in place, you just start hammering away.

[Wolfstar]

It's because the "death-before-electability crowd" is perpetually disgruntled. If they can't get a 100% complete loaf, they'd rather starve. Oddly, they always seem to be more disgruntled with everyone except the Left/Dems.