I think the reason it worked is because the southern half of the state with the bulk of the population and money must be hurting. There must be a lot of the regular white guys afraid of losing their jobs, losing their houses and cars, and watching their kids take a face plant in school, their neighborhoods going to shit (going Mexican), etc---the usual white backlash. Who are they going to vote for? A pussy like Davis, a little fat Mexican like Bustamante or that regular guy Man, like Arnold? When regular guy Men get scared, they want regular guy Men in power.
Now Bush seems like a regular guy Man, but he whines too much about the I-rackies and rag-heads. He gets too touchy when he is called names. The conclusion is he is vulnerable on the testosterone index. But rest assured, he is one whole hell of a lot more manly than the current Democrats with the possible exception of Cornel Sanders himself, Westly Clark. General Clark is more like what regular guys who are scared want to see running things. Plain talk, plain walk, no fooling around, get the job done, doesn't get rattled, and so forth. It is pretty easy to rattle George W, and that is a problem.
So following this deep and complex analysis, I think the best thing the DLC could do is get a real man up front. Now Lieberman should be a likely candidate, but his voice is just a little too strident. He sounds like he might to break into an hysterical screech at any moment. Not good. Not a good sign at all.
What we need is something like a beef cake, maybe not quite Arnold proportions, but something more like a football player: thick, blunt, with a certain mass. Regular guys think weight equals power. That's why they don't like watching those tight butt bicycle riders in short tight pants like Horner who just won the SF Grand Prix---one of the toughest races in the US. Even if Horner is a power rider, his arms are thin and he has a nice butt, and looks too fuckable. No. Flat ass, broad shoulders, dog face, and big. Clinton had a little of that, especially after he put on some weight.
See you have to understand regular guy Men in a certain way. They are actually chicken shit. Stick a big word or a gun in their face and they wet their pants. They hate that part of themselves and try to hide it. That's what they are doing right now in southern California and that's why we have Arnold. They are holding their tee-tees, wetting themselves, and crying in the closet, hoping to god almighty things will be okay. Things ain't okay.
So you have to give them something to hide behind. Plain words. Plain sentences. Plain thoughts. That's what they like. For example you could never use a word like ubiquitous or bourgeoisie. Too many faggy vowels. Short, clip, blunt. That's the ticket. As Bush said, Bring it on.
But see right there, George doesn't have the stuff. Bush is a joke. Everybody knows it. So the DLC has to go find a real Man to show George up for what he really is. George needs to become a victim, a hurt and needy guy. Women will love it, but it will be his death knell among regular guy Men. Real men hate victims. Gore for example had the victim look.
The problem is everybody on the left thinks about policies. The DLC thinks about demographics. But see, regular guy Men don't think, so naturally they don't think about policy or anything like demo-graphix. You want policy, let's talk nuclear war.
Regular guy men look at the rest of the world and see a bunch of mumbling faggots in different colors. Vladimir Putin? Shit. Sounds too much like pudd, or pussie. Little weasel. Blair? Blair stands for bullshit. Blair should be squashed. Blair the mouth. Blah, blah, blah. Fuck Blair. American men, don't like Blair. Their wives might like Blair and think his is charming. A bunch of face powder and wigs, all wet in the crotch. Slimey little limey.
There is all this talk about how the GOP has the `security' issue.
Fuck that. It's testosterone. You don't need security if you've got balls. And especially if you got the balls to go after all those stinking little cucharachas that are pouring over the border getting into everything. Turn on a light and those little fuckers are everywhere. This is where you need Raid Arnold, in a big red, white and blue can. John Wayne and Clint Eastwood made a career out of wiping them out.
What I want to see is an official state photograph of Arnold and Cruz, the Twins.
Chuck Grimes