When Camejo addressed his supporters for the second time (at exactly the same moment Jay Leno was introducing the victorious Schwarzenegger), he warned of a ballot initiative being prepared that will establish in California an "open primary" system whose top two vote winners will appear in the general election — eliminating any chance of minor parties even getting onto the ballot.
"The Democratic Party is a dead end for those who believe in social justice and democracy in America," Camejo thundered, climaxing a rally that was neither a concession nor a triumph, but simply the promise to continue down a long, lonely road.