[NormsRevenge]

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[Amerigomag]

Why would folks contribute millions of dollars to convince the electorate to further indebt the state?

Follow the money.

That trail leads directly to the stabilization of California property values, its biggest asset and strongest investment appeal.

[freekitty]

I say this is more pr work.

[calcowgirl]

Indeed, from the backrooms where he cut the Proposition 58 spending cap deal with Democrats, to the campaign trail where he all but silenced conservative opposition in his own party, Schwarzenegger kept the ball moving.

"It's a form of governance that we haven't seen since Ronald Reagan, who first started this governance through TV -- only Arnold's is much more advanced,'' UC Berkeley political science Professor Bruce Cain said.

Ummmm.... Did Reagan make a pact with Republican legislators, and then enter into backroom deals with Dems that completely violated that pact? Did Reagan silence those in his own party, as he joined Democratic forces?

This "form of governance" is certainly not consistent with my impression of Ronald Reagan!