The dirty little secret is that McClintock has considerable respect among some Democrats in California, including my two brothers, who both voted for McClintock for Controller. Why? Because he was demonstrably more qualified for the job, which was about money, and who knows more about money than McClintock? It is so damn simple really. Folks get into these ideological and political strait jackets of their own minds. It drives me nuts sometimes.
Good post by the way. The only problem with it, was that Bustamante I think was the incumbent, which counts for a lot in down ballot races.
The dirty little secret is that McClintock has considerable respect among some Democrats in California, including my two brothers, who both voted for McClintock for Controller. Indeed, the only substantive barrier he faces is sabotage from the liberal wing of his own Party, such as we have seen here.