Okay, I was right

On Friday I wrote that Arnold Schwartzenegger�s poll numbers would come out and that they would be good enough to send the Democrats into a blind panic. Watch for former President Bill Clinton to meet with sitting California governor Gray Davis and tell him to fall on his sword for the good of the team. The Dems will then be forced to rally around sitting Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante. While it�s a little early to tell, my odds on an Ah-nuld Governorship come in at slightly less than even. If a serious �throw the bums out� contagion builds, Arnold is the state�s next governor.

So what does that mean? Rush Limbaugh is right (despite what he says about blogs � earth to Rush, we�re coming. This is the next great wave of the information revolution: Everybody gets a printing press the 1st amendment applies to everyone with a keyboard. But more on that another time.) when he says that the Dems must have California be lock for all presidential races now and for the foreseeable future. The George W. Bush cash raising juggernaut will not slow down and can not be stopped. If the Dems are forced to spend their filthy lucre defending California, they have less to spread around the rest of the country. This puts them at a disadvantage both 2004 and 2008.

What to do? Rally around the Hispanic Candidate, Mr. Bustamonte. Trumpet his accomplishments. Praise his years of tireless public service. Promise even more state money to every grievance group with an ax to grind. Make him everything Gray Davis is not: colorful, lively. Try to get him on Jay Leno�s comedy extravaganza. In short, anything to stop Arnold.

The end result? Maybe a lost cause for the Dems if the if the aforementioned contagion takes hold. And whichever candidate earns the right to face George Bush and his successor, the race becomes a whole lot tougher.

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