The e-mails have been pouring in since I posted that cri de Coeur on the Tom-or-Arnold dilemma in which we conservatives in California now find ourselves. I’ve noticed a pattern in the e-mails worth noting. Whereas the last time I posted a Tom-or-Arnold comment, about a week ago, my emails ran three-to-one in favor of Arnold, this time they’re running 50-50, evenly split between Arnold and McClintock. Among readers of The Corner, in other words, McClintock seems to have gained ground, Schwarzenegger to have lost it.

What can this portend?