[South40]

Support a real, proven conservative and you'll get a conservative governor.

You're dreaming. Support an unelectable proven conservative in the liberal state of California and you'll get another democrat (cruz) for governor.

[Orangedog]

Here's what I don't get. These people live in one of the two biggest liberal/marxist hell-holes in the country and they actually act stunned that a conservative can no longer be elected as governor. And like the election is going to decide anything. Since the 2000 Gore-fest, elections don't determine who wins, the courts do. This worked in the GOP's favor in 2000, but I don't think The Nine in DC are going to hear this one. It will probabaly end up at the state supreme court or at the most, the 9th Circus.

[TBP]

Declaring someone unelectable and refusing to support him for that reason is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If everyone who agreed with the conservative candidates voted for tehm instead of the "pragmatic" Kennedy Republican, they would have enough to build a plurality and win this race. But too many of you would rather waste your vote on a liberal because he is a movie star with an R after his name.

Pragmatism doesn't work.

[TheAngryClam]

How is McClintock unelectable?

He got 103,000 more votes than Bill Simon in 2002, despite being outspent 10-1 and in a downticket race.

He won a strong re-election in his state senate district in 2000, at the very same time it voted for Gore over Bush by 19%.

Yeah, sounds like he really could never win, huh?