That's probably accurate because of Bustamante's Hispanic heritage but that doesn't mean Bustamante would have been more conservative in his fiscal governance.
Bustamante would certainly have managed to support the cost increases of homosexual unions, redistribute wealth to his poor Mexican brethren and increase taxes in hard times to sustain government largess to the Democrat core constituents.
By far the most troubling aspect of his tenure in office would have been the message his political and social success provided to Mexico's poor. Bustamante, born to illegal aliens, reportedly at their US residence in Dinuba, has no birth certificate on file in Tulare County. The troubling aspect of this circumstance is compounded by the fact that his early January birth occurred coincident to his parent's traditional visit to their family in Mexico.
That's interesting. According to my brother his dad was a barber and cut his hair. I'll have to ask him if he knows anything about this. I do remember some scuttlebutt about this during the recall...
Just making the point that Schwarzenegger has turned out to be at least as bad as many of us feared.