Okay, California Republicans, you have a decision to make. According to a new USA Today poll of probable voters, if Republican-in-name-only Arnold Schwarzenegger were to drop out of the gubernatorial recall election, Republican Tom McClintock would beat Democrat favorite Cruz Bustamante by 19 points.

For weeks we've been hearing California Republicans (plus Sean Hannity, et. al.) telling us that only Arnold could win, and that McClintock (an actual conservative) owed it to his party to drop out. However, the other day McClintock won the televised debate by a wide margin (according to everybody on all sides of the race), and the polls are now showing he could win the recall election handily if Schwarzenegger were not there to split his vote.

So what will be your excuse for supporting Arnold now?