The Field poll then asked the ballot without McClintock
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The Field poll then asked the ballot without McClintock
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Since they asked how people would vote on #2 if McClintock dropped out, I wonder if they asked #1 with that same condition. Same for if Ueberroth dropped out.
I'm glad McClintock is staying in the campaign to the end, but, if he were to drop out, I don't know if I could vote to recall Davis, since I think Bustamante is worse than Davis. IOW, I think there may be some McClintock supporters who would prefer to keep Davis (and, of course, vote for someone else on #2) than to recall him and gamble on the 33-31 Schw-Bust result of #2. Because McClintock stays in the campaign, his supporters are more enthusiastic about supporting #1 and actually going to the polls because there is a chance that they can elect their favorite candidate.
The only one that matters is between the terminator and big breast. Bustamante is going to win regardless of who stays in on the right. The Republican Party in California is nothing more than joke with more hair-brained advisers than Gene Chapman could even hope for.
That said, let McClintock and Ueberroth stay in the race; that way the Republicans can finally get rid of their hopeless dream of creating a Reagan Deux. Once the Democrats finally crush the juveniles in the Republican Party they can finally bring some reason back to property taxes and tell Ward Connerly to move to Alabama.
Trust me, folks. Killing the national Republican Party over California's braindead Pubbies is not worth it. President Bush might want to sit this one out and stop bothering to raise money in San Diego and Silicon Valley. California is Democrat for the next fifty years.