Will Arnold be re-elected?

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He will have a tough-re-election.

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What is hurting Arnold right now is Fresno's mayor, Alan Autry, who is surprisingly related to Cosmo Kramer's mother? Well anyway, this guy is a major anti-Arnold Republican from a region (San Joaquin) that is critical for Republicans.

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.

If they fail to rally the GOP base here, they wont win. Principally the reason why Arnold was in my home-town every month before his special election debacle.

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Rocket is basically right that Arnold has little backing among the fundies.

But the fundies didn't vote for him in 2003 either, they voted for McClintock.

Well he had decent support from them in the San Joaquin Valley in 2003.

But they weren't ready to back props 77/78 for some reason..

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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?
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1) Yes
2) Grapes of Wrath, most of the people I'm talking about are descendents of Oklahoman/Arkansas dust bowl refugees during the Great Depression.
3) My hometown; Fresno,CA; is where the Republican counterpart to Democratic Underground famously known as FreeRepublic is based out of.