Although I am supporting FDT in the primaries, I will strongly support the Republican nominee. I share your California concerns. Arnie has been a bitter disappointment although he is better than Gray Davis on a many issues. If Giuliani is elected, I think that he will tilt right in opposition to the rat congress. I think that he would tilt left with a conservative congress. Bush has been more conservative in dealing with a rat majority.
It will be impossible for any amnesty proposal passed in either 2009 or 2010 to produce votes in 2010. I'd sure like to see the Rats try such a naked power grab, it would backfire on them spectacularly.
If Hillary does win under any circumstances (Giuliani nomination, or third-party drawoff), she will win with a lot of votes from people marking ballots with great trepidation. She will have a very short honeymoon in the minds of most of the electorate, and swiftly moving to consolidate her power will send the mushy middle over to our side in droves. That's how we took power in 1994.