FairOpinion, I think you know that I tend to agree with you much of the time about California. Unfortunately, this is one time when I disagree -- politely. Why? Because I firmly believe it was a huge mistake to dump Gray Davis in the first place. All that did was take the heat off the Democrats.
Arnold is not orders of magnitude better than any Dem when he surrounds himself with Leftist Dems, which he has been doing ever since he got elected. He's been a disaster for the Republican Party in this state. At a time when the party desperately needed rebuilding, he's done next to nothing to help. If anything, he's made matters worse by (1) acting almost as though he's ashamed to be a Republican, and (2) being just enough of one to have Republicans blamed for his failures.
I think we need to let the Dems totally take over again. As big employers like Nissan and the movie industry leave the state, citing the cost of doing business as the reason, the electorate here will eventually come to a fish or cut bait point. They will have to make a choice between having the state sink into total chaos or dumping the Marxists up in Sacramento.
Someone like Arnold only blurs the stark choice that the electorate in this state must make sooner than they realize.
Fantassssssdick comments! (That's an Arnold imitation attempt)(grin)
Somehow I doubt Tom McClintock agrees.
As in the last election, I'm taking my cue from him.
I understand your point, but if the Dems take over, we may never have another chance. Remember, the Dems ruled the US House for some 40 years. I don't think CA can take that at this point.
If they did take over, you can just get ready for huge tax increases, and socialized medicine, which may well kill us -- seriously. I certainly don't want that. Arnold has been holding the line on taxes despite Dem pressures, and I expect he will continue to do so.
I don't agree with this kind of thinking -- at all. Invitations to chaos are not solutions. When you try to "teach someone a lesson" you're never going to get them to "fish or cut bait" as you put it, they're just going to dump you and your opinions. Leaders don't have the luxury of walking away.