Will Arnold be re-elected?

[Cubby]

Arnold was hurt by Bush.  They ran TV ads saying California would become Texas is Prop 77 passed.  The state gets cut up and redistricted, and at the end of the ad the state looks like Texas.

Oooh, Texas.  Bad Texas, very bad Texas.

Thats how Democrats feel when your side points to Massachusetts as some kind of foreign-liberal-extremist place, which it certainly isn't.

He manages decent support from the wealthy-trendy-Country Club Republicans; but this support doesn't resonate all that well with the Bible-Belt conservatives we have as well.

You have Bible-Belt conservatives in California? That sucks. What is their story? Are they as extreme as other bible-belt types?

[Cubby]

He manages decent support from the wealthy-trendy-Country Club Republicans; but this support doesn't resonate all that well with the Bible-Belt conservatives we have as well.

You have Bible-Belt conservatives in California? That sucks. What is their story? Are they as extreme as other bible-belt types?

Oh they're everywhere. We have them in Minnesota too (not in the rural parts as you would think, but rather the outer suburbs). They're just as extreme as the Bible Belt ones, it's just that they aren't the majority, so they have nowhere near as much influence and aren't much of a threat. Although they frequently do ridiculous things that embarass the Minnesota GOP. I imagine the situation in California is pretty much the same.

I just hope the ones in Minnesota aren't powerful enough to get Mark Kennedy elected. To have a Minnesota rep. support the Federal Marriage Amendment is outrageous.