[Jack Peters]

We have some tough choices to make. But we can't just think about
what the governor would sign or veto. We have to consider what will
happen while the far left Demorats control the legislature by
overwhelming margins. What would they do if Arnold wins? Go
moderate? I don't think so. Go extreme is more likely.

Gov. Davis: The fact is he has been a moderating influence on the
more extreme Demorat leaders in the legislature. By all the crap
passing this year, when they have him over a barrel, you can see what
they'd really want to do. Davis is a finger-in-the-wind, middle-of-
the-road guy by instinct. He tampers down the more extreme Demorats
behind the scenes - at least when his election is not at stake.

Gov. Bustamante: Like Davis, Bustamante is from the more middle of
the Demorat party. He too would likely tamp down the more extreme
elements of the Demorats, at least on gun issues. He is not
campaigning on gun control at all, unlike Davis who did campaign on
gun control both times.

Gov. Arnold: Even if Jim March is right and Arnold is not a gun
grabber (despite his pledge to sign the 50 cal ban, sign SB 489 and
sign ballistic fingerprinting), the problem is that he would face an
angry and energized far left group in the legislature. If you were
the Demorat leadership, and Arnold was governor, what would you do?
In their place I would pass the most extreme, but "feel good
sounding" legislation you can imagine. Registration,
licensing, "Childproof" guns. Etc. Maybe Arnold will veto SOME of
it. But look who he's married to. Think about it. The Demorats
will pile up a mountain of extreme gun bills on his desk and he's
gonna sign some really bad ones. And those are bills that Davis or
Bustamante would quietly kill before they ever got to the gov's
desk. Childproof and ballistic fingerprinting bills were killed last
year in the California legislature. You can bet the Demorats would
make sure they got to Gov. Arnold though.

Gov McClintock: Jackpot. No question the best. But can he win?

If McClintock can't win, we're better off with Davis or Bustamante
than Arnold.

RINOs like Arnold are WORSE than Demorats like Davis. Both because
of the image they send that Republicans should be kind to gun
grabbers, and because of what the Demorat leadership will do to a
RINO governor.

Jack Peters

[bountyhunter]

The more I look at the options, the better Gray davis is starting to look. It must be the same visual distortion that makes that woman that looked totally skanky at 10PM start looking pretty good at 1:30 AM.:barf:

[Lone_Gunman]

What gun legislation has Davis quietly killed?

[Jim March]

It's true, towards the end of Davis' first term he was *desperately* trying to keep a lid on the grabbers. It was almost comical. He outright vetoed a couple of gun bills. This was just after SB15 and SB52 caused such an uproar.

But that was then.

Davis is now severely pissed off at the whole "right" (as he sees it) - starting with us gunnies.

He's already telling Perata, Koretz and the rest of the loudmouth maniac grabber wing of the GOP (which isn't all that big) that the brakes are totally off. If Davis is still in office when the smoke clears, look out, we've got a nightmare on our hands.

Now, Busta is another story. He's now making *exactly* the same noises Davis was when he was on his best behavior. And he's never been a hardcore grabber by nature, plus he understands that the Latino vote (his primary constituency) isn't very grabberish.

So yes, Jack is correct that we can probably work fairly well with Cruz. Maybe very well.

But Davis? No way in hell.

I'd still take Arnold as my second choice, Tom as first.

[Greg L]

Here ya go bountyhunter.... ;) transformation (http://www.sydes.net/jokes/flash/beer.swf)

[hillbilly]

Only in California could a governor who gives illegal aliens drivers licenses and his Lt Gov. who was a member of Mecha be viewed as "moderate" leftists.

hillbilly

[Poodleshooter]

Forget Arnold,I'm secretly hoping for a Bustamante win. Speed up the demise of the state, so we can all get a nice view of the end result of the California voters folly.
The exodus of taxpayers from a Bustamante governed California should be even larger than that under Davis.
Even better would be a win for one of the dark horse whacko candidates. Think of it as an object lesson for America on whimsical irresponsible voting.