Posted on 02/12/2005 10:56:24 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Characterizing his agenda this year as a "great battle" against "evil," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used a 28-minute speech at the state Republican convention Friday night to rally fellow party members around his plans to fight Democratic interests at the ballot box.
Vowing to pass four broad government-overhaul measures at a special election later this year, Schwarzenegger said public employee labor unions and other foes are amassing $200 million to fight him.
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"That's why they fixed a little here, a little there. But now we're going to the source. We're going right there where all the evil is, and we're going to fix this problem once and for all."
Belittling his Democratic adversaries in the Legislature for not responding to his proposals because they must be on "sleeping pills ... or medication," Schwarzenegger suggested they've all but blown their chance to join him.
"They can go ahead and do whatever they want," he bellowed in a line that drew loud applause from the 1,000 Republicans at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Sacramento. "The train has left the station.
"The train has left the station and there (are) three things they can do. One is they can join and then jump on the train. Number two, they can go and stand behind and just wave and be left behind. Or number three, they get in front of the train - and you know what happens then."
When the raucous applause and laughter died down, Schwarzenegger did what he always seems to do while delivering a fiery speech deriding the Democrats: He said how much he wants to work with them.
"It is my preference to go and work with the legislators," he said. "This is my number one preference. Work together like with some of the issues we did last year."
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
That's the bottom line. I think liberals are finally realizing that about Ronald Reagan, and eventually, the Arnold haters will give him credit. For now, it doesn't really matter. He's on a roll and winning every day.
Where do we moderate?
Our side is all over the map on this.....
McClintock would have lost to BusatMENTAL!
Arnold knows that the has to take a hard line right now on the Cal budget. State government spending was wildly out of control throughout the Davis aministration (which "Davistated" the state budget.) If California tries to eliminate its budget deficit with a major tax increase, that will drive more high-income business people out of the state and drive the state into bankruptcy for sure. They have to cut spending in California, otherwise the state budget will end up under the control of a bankruptcy court. I wouldn't underestimate Arnold and the GOP in this fight. I think they're going to win and trim back spending substantially.
No.
here is the last poll before the recall by USA Today/CNN/GALLUP.
"If the choice were between Cruz Bustamante, the Democrat and Tom McClintock, the Republican, who would you be more likely to vote for: Cruz Bustamante or Tom McClintock?"
September 25-27
Registered Voters
McClintock 49%
Bustamante 42%
Probable Voters
McClintock 56%
Bustamante 37%
So the Recall was a mistake?
Link please?
Why couldn't he do that last October. We had a thing called an "election" coming up, you know.
-PJ
I was concerned that it might work out that way even before the recall. When Arnold crashed the party and the Republican Party caved, I changed my mind and voted for McClintock and against the recall (hardest vote I've ever cast).
A lot of good came from the recall petition effort, but who's to say it will last. Organizations were born that looked like they were going somewhere. But note how hard it's been to get support for Save Our State. Note also that Davis would NEVER have been able to add what is fast coming to be $25 billion in new debt. Arnold, being a Republican, faced little opposition where Davis would not have got away with it. The people were promised and voted for fiscal responsibility, but didn't get it. The recall process was so precipitous that there was little time for the truth of candidates' posisitons to be evaluated, compared, and communicated. The jury's out, but if the trend continues, then I am afraid the recall will have been counterproductive.
Direct democracy is not a good thing. Look how twisted the initiative process has become. The recall abetted that trend.
Ah! McClintock supporters. The ultimate kool-aid drinkers.
It must be fun to believe everything you want to hear.
I won't "misunderestimate" our GOP. I'm kind of in a wait-and-see holding pattern. I just want to see our state show some improvements. Hope Arnold can do it.
what do you know about winning in california, you're from Michigan, remember?
This from the perspective of a whiner who's guy won..
Thanks for all the bumps.
It shows true conservatives what they are up against
Like I said earlier and will repeat, some folks are here to make personal attacks and nothing else.
Your posts prove that from the get go.
I suppose it would be equally fair to ask you what you know about winning, given your obvious bias towards losing candidates? Tell us o' wise one?
Considering the CA GOP moderate party leadership insured all the 2002 folks lost by doing leadig t support their candidates, I'm in good company.
So, what party does your state's Gov belong too, O witty one?
leadig t = little to (post 95)
You Arnold haters always talk in generalizations. What in your mind is 'too little'?
Hate is your most frequently used word, huh?
Look at the efforts put forth fund-raising wise by the CA GOP in conjunction with the candidates. You have the links, you posted some earlier.
Like you care about details anyway.
>>>Schwarzenegger has said many times ...
Yep. And he SAID he would "cut up the credit cards"
but has buried another $10 billion of borrowing in his "spending control" "reform".
The devil is in the details, not in the PR-spin.
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