It might have seemed that Arnold Schwarzenegger got an enormous boost over the weekend when one of his best-known Republican rivals dropped out of California's wild gubernatorial race. But by the time Bill Simon exited, his poll numbers registered as little more than an asterisk in the crowded field. "Everybody had been surprised by [his poor showing], including him," says a G.O.P. strategist. Democrats, meanwhile, appeared to be gaining as they coalesced around what is known as the "no-yes" approach: asking voters to cast a ballot against recalling Governor Gray Davis but in favor of Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante as his...
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