Tom was the number one Conservative vote getter with Bill Simon number two. Tom is a serious Gov candidate for '06. Let Ahnold and Simon run for the Senate in the mean time. We will need McClintock's steady hand in '06 to govern this state after it bellies up.
I only saw a a few ads for McClintock and they were those stupid Thrifty Scotsman ads while Westly hammered McClintock relentlssly. Republications can no longer depend on absentee ballots to bail them out in Calif. The widows of the Greatest Generation are nealy all voting by mail including those in care homes.
Tom was the number one Conservative vote getter with Bill Simon number two. Tom is a serious Gov candidate for '06. Let Ahnold and Simon run for the Senate in the mean time. We will need McClintock's steady hand in '06 to govern this state after it bellies up. 2006 is a good year for Tom McClintock to run for governor. He'll be halfway through his last term as State Senator, and more Californians will realize that we need some fiscal responsibility.
Or, he could challenge either Feinstein in the Senate or his local Congressman (Elton Gallegly-R, Brad Sherman-D, or Howard Berman-D, depending on where he lives) in '06, but the open Governor's seat would be better.
McClintock's views might have been more conservative than Simon's, or at least Tom didn't try to hide his views. The fact that he got the most votes among Republican statewide candidates, even though he was the most conservative among them, clearly disproves the idea that only centrist Republicans have a chance at winning. Hopefully the major Republican donors will support his candidacy.