CA Secretary of State

Interesting to see who Arnold will appoint to fill the embattled Democrat Kevin Shelley's Secretary of State position (who resigned last week after a series of investigations into misuse of federal funds).

It's said that Arnold has two choices: appoint a "caretaker" (ineffective moderate) or a Republican who has aspirations to actually do the job. Supposedly, the Democrats want a caretaker in order to prevent the creation of a viable GOP candidate. One suggestion by Daniel Weintraub of the Sacramento Bee is:

[Schwarzenegger] should nominate either Gary Mendoza, the state's former Corporations Commissioner, or Rosario Marin, the former U.S. Treasurer. Both are qualified for the job and either would send a message that the Republican Party is open to any and all ethnic groups.

And I wouldn't be too concerned if Latino Democrats caused a ruckus.

Would the Democrats really block a qualified candidate just because he/she is from the other party?