How to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Republicans do it over and over again. AmericanDaily.com - The GOP's At It Again In California - Steven Fantina: "With Mr. McClintock as governor, the state would immediately begin some painful belt-tightening amidst the howls of special interest bigmouths. However, the state would veer back on track and incremental improvements would be discernible to all but those incapacitated by ideological blinders. Under Schwartzennager's unqualified tutelage the Golden State's wayward drift is likely to continue unabated. "