My absentee ballot just arrived. But after mulling over the Tom-or-Arnold question for days now, I’ve decided the only reasonable thing to do is to fall back on the criterion WFB announced when asked, years ago, which Republican presidential candidate he intended to support. His reply? “The rightward-most viable candidate.”

McClintock is the rightward-most candidate, obviously. And I’m willing to give the man another couple of weeks to prove he’s viable. Maybe he won’t–indeed, if I had to put money on it, I suppose I’d bet that he won’t. But something sure seems to be going on out here, as witness that whereas until a week ago my emails were running about three-to-one in favor of Arnold, now they’re running about two-to-one in favor of McClintock.

You’ve got two weeks, Tom. Make tracks.