Arnold is being sold to Democrats as a moderate.

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There's a conservative NPR station in SF (88.5) and today a commentator did an opinion piece saying, 'how could Arnold be conservative? All that time spent in Hyannis, he must have picked up something.' I've heard people here say Arnold won't win because he's going to divide the Republican party. Hello. The Republicans can't win in California. They're too small and inconsequential. They can afford to be divided into the majority who are moderate, and the tiny tiny fraction who are hardcore (CA is NOT South Carolina!).

The only way a Republican can win in CA is if lots of moderate Democrats vote for him or her. That's what they're doing with Arnold. In fact, his first commercial doesn't mention the R-word once.

But you know what? No Democrat would be invited to a meeting with Ken Lay to discuss how Enron was going to rip off the citizens of CA. Arnold is no moderate. He's tight with Republicans, and the Bushes, and I hope Democrats wise up to the fact.