how is this playing out in California?
This Californian thinks it's hilarious. I don't agree with everything Arnold is doing, but what a heckuva ride this is turning out to be. He's the most FUN governor any state could have. Most everybody (at least, us little people) loves him out here.
Excellent. Those who are outraged by the sobriquet; "Girlie-Men", are reacting to the sting of truth. California legislators really don't care about their constituents as much as they do the special interest organizations that put them in the State House. The Gay and Lesbian Front's, the prison guard unions, the public employee unions, the environmentalists, etc. The legislators are in the same spot that Gray Davis was a year ago. They are ripe to be tossed out.
It's why we threw out Davis and elected Arnold in the first place. To shake up the Demoncrat legislature before they legislate us out of existence. LOL.