[lbo-talk] bustamante

[R]

true.   this scenario could happen.  at the moment, the republican party,
dominated by right wingers, is having difficulty relating to arnold.
arnold is quite wise to have avoided a republican primary situation where,
like former LA mayor reardon during the last gubernatorial primary, he could
easily have gone down to defeat to a "conservative" unless he moved very far
right.

the republican party could, at the last moment, decide AS is better than the
alternative and swing it's weight behind him.   that's easier said than
done.  already we have republicans critisicing AS strongly for appearing too
liberal.

since the democrats are such a collection of screwups, i guess we'll simply
have to wait and see if bustamante has the ability to carry the day.
despite the ridiculous democratic party pressure to keep other democrats out
of the race, bustamante may wind up saving the party's bacon while davis
continues to sound like a black comedian doing his white man impression.

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Luke Benjamin Weiger
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] bustamante

R wrote:


> as you may know, luke, the winner of the election would be decided by
simple
> majority.

Yes, I was aware of that.


> unless these voters unite behind a particular candidate,

That's one of my fears.  Another is that the Republican party might put
tremendous pressure on everyone but Arnold to either drop out of the race
or to throw their support to him at the last minute.

-- Luke

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