You have nailed it perfectly. The gang of rats chose Ahnold to run, knowing voters would go dippy over him plus Dems liked the Kennedy wife. Now in retro IMO he produced the same effect on people as Hussein in ‘08.
If the 60s radicals who control the Assembly and Senate hadn't turned the state over to unions, environmentalists and Marxist activists, Arnie would have succeeded. I'll bet you have them on speed dial.
Try trashing someone who isn't a Republican. Bet you can't.