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All the conservative talk-radio hosts are concerned because Arnold seems to be so liberal.
I just want to point out—we’re all used to primaries, in which the candidate hews to the party platform, committing himself to positions that are bound to alienate some of the voters of the opposing party. In primaries candidates must do so in order to be nominated. But here, there was no primary. Which puts us in uncharted waters.
What’s happening now in California isn’t a primary—it’s the election. Arnold is going for the biggest vote he can get—in a state that has gone Democratic for every major public office there is for many years. He had no need to alienate all those Democratic votes. On the contrary, he’s wooing them, like any good politician would. His adding people like Warren Buffett and even Rob Lowe to his team is most likely indicative of his wish to appeal to all the voters of California.
Republicans don’t like seeing people like the very liberal Buffett and Lowe on Arnold’s team. But he’s pursuing his goal. He means to get elected. And given the latest polls showing him trailing Bustamante by 3 percentage points, this may be the right campaign.
