Of course. Let's not kid ourselves that McClintock and his supporters wouldn't like to see Cruz as governor. That is their only goal.
I don't know if that's true and neither do you. But one thing is for sure. You and others want a liberal (RINO) Republican to become the next governor of California. That's not the objective of conservatism. The goal for conservatives, is to triumph over liberalism. A vote for Boy Davis, Bustamonte or Arnold, is a vote for liberalism and a vote against conservatism. A vote for any one of these liberals, danages the credibility of the GOP.
If Arnold was a moderate, it might be a different story. The fact is, while Arnold's politics are to the right of Davis and Bustamonte, he's definitely a left of center candidate and will govern even more left of center. Arnold's to the left of RINO's like Arlen Spector, Susan Collins, Lincoln Chaffey and Olympia Snowe. There are enough RINO's in elected office today. We don't need to be increasing their numbers and inflating the RINO population by electing another RINO to become California's next governor.
Some of us are just a little more concerned with what the candidate may actually do in office than what color his nametag is. That said, there are a lot of us McClintock supporters willing to vote for Arnold if need be to keep the office out of the hands of the actual Democrats (as opposed to Arnold who's merely 80% Democrat in his political stances); however, to keep harping that McClintock should drop out before the debate featuring the two of them just shows absoute cowardice; or maybe a fear that when push comes to shove, Arnold will demonstrate a total capitulation to Democrat policies, thus wiping out all rationale for any Republicans to vote for him (though never fear, it will lure at least as many liberals his way). A Republican name tag in the office is not going to save the state.