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Some Republicans, while privately unhappy about Democrats in the administration, remain supportive of Schwarzenegger, noting that his top appointments reflect greater political diversity than did his two immediate Republican predecessors, Wilson and George Deukmejian, both of whom had few Democrats in ranking positions. Wilson's top Democrat was education adviser Maureen Demarco; Deukmejian had none at that level.

And how many Republicans were among Davis' top advisors??

Look, folks, the real problem with having a Democrat in a position of real, policy making authority is that they'll be loyal to their party before anything, or anyone else. They will have an insiders view of Arnie's administration, and when they deem the time to be right, they will "pull the trigger". They'll either leak information to destroy Arnie and his Republican advisers, or they'll flat out join the campaign of the leading Democrat to replace him.

Since leftists have universally bought the philosophical idea that "all truth is relative", and therefore, all morals are also relative to your own system of "truth", they'll feel completely vindicated when they lie, cheat, steal, or worse, in behalf of their political party. (Yes, there may be Pubbies who are equally amoral, but it's the speciality domain of the left ... it's their guiding philosophy!).

I predict rocky days ahead for Arnie's administration. There will be leaks galore, there will be internal strife (always blamed on Republican advisors), and some of Arnie's "trusted advisors" will actively work with the Legislature to undermind every decision, policy goal, .. in short everything the new Governor intends to do.

He is a babe in the woods. The Gov. elect is simply naive to believe that he won't be betrayed by these folks, even as he (arguably) betrays his GOP supporters on key policy issues.

SFS