Over in my little debate with Hugh Hewitt (see NRO’s homepage), I’ve just posted a defense of Tom McClintock–and a proposal. Tom and Arnold will debate this coming Wednesday. (This is the only engagement to which Arnold has agreed. If he’d spent half as much time working out his policy positions as he’s devoted to dodging Tom, Arnold would be a lot better off right now.) Either that debate will enable McClintock to break out, overtaking Arnold at last–or it won’t. And within five days of the debate itself, McClintock will have had time to play up his performance–and the pollsters will have had time to gauge voters’ reactions.

If he’s still trailing on September 29, I figure, McClintock should bow out. But if he has indeed managed to overtake Arnold, then Arnold must go.

I’ll let you know when I hear back from Hugh.