Obviously, she needs to raise seed money, and this kind of appeal is a good seed catalogue.
If it's a bad year for Schwarzenegger, it's kind of hard to see how McClintock would win anyway. If it's a good year for Schwarzenegger, the alliance could work to McClintock's benefit.
This year, it was Schwarzenegger versus an idea. Next year, it will be Schwarzenegger versus flesh-and-blood opponents. And we've seen in all his movies that he is very good at dispatching with flesh-and blood-opponents.
It's a happy coincidence of his sponsorship of a popular measure and now a favorable budget situation. It's one bit of good luck after a line of bad luck and lets him wear the white hat again.
This kind of appeal is a good seed catalogue.