That was a very big one indeed.
Another accomplishment is the oft-reported list of campaign promises he keeps checking off. If other politicians tried this we would be in a lot better shape.
Lastly, talk is cheap. Arnold has been delivering and he keeps right on doing it. He will never satisfy all the whiners.
Arnold is indeed checking off his campaign promises. He is getting no credit for changing the whole tone to one of restraint. Would Gray Davis have declared a fiscal emergency?
If Arnold had forced some kind of fiscal Götterdämmerung as the perpetual critics appear to wish, there wouldn't have been another Republican elected there statewide for 20 years.