To: SierraWasp
Schwarzenegger hasn't shown any desire to allow the CA GOP to benefit from any of his coattails. He didn't campaign for anyone in 2004 (except for liberal Steve Poisner), he didn't even announce his 2006 candidacy from the GOP convention.
Now, he's taking away an opportunity to groom a future GOP governor! What was he thinking? It's not so much that he has a former Gray Davis Chief-of-Staff for his own (well, it is, really), but that he isn't taking the opportunity to let a CA GOP person take that position to be groomed to run for Governor one day! What better place is there for someone to get to intimately know the workings of Sacramento, to build a network of supporters, to learn the issues, than the Chief-of-Staff slot?
Why would Schwarzenegger deny the CA GOP the benefits of holding that position?
-PJ
To: Political Junkie Too
Why would Schwarzenegger deny the CA GOP the benefits of holding that position? Probably for the same reason he won't empower the Republicans in the legislature by vetoing the bloated budgets that Democrats send him.
Schwarzenegger doesn't trust Republicans because he's not one of them. His political registration is a matter of convenience, not loyalty or philosophical agreement.
To: Political Junkie Too
You're right! Even Governor Moonbeam had enough sense to make Gray Davis his COS to prep him for a magnificent run as CA's goofiest Gubernor with Arnold subsequently out-doing Davis at dubiousness at every turn!!!
We are truly headed in entirely the wrong direction in Governorship in CA!!!
38 posted on
12/08/2005 5:27:33 PM PST by
SierraWasp
(The only thing that can save CA is making eastern CA the 51st state called Sierra Republic!!!)
To: Political Junkie Too
Schwarzenegger hasn't shown any desire to allow the CA GOP to benefit from any of his coattails. He didn't campaign for anyone in 2004 (except for liberal Steve Poisner), he didn't even announce his 2006 candidacy from the GOP convention.Schwarzenegger may call himself a Republican, but he has acted in a nearly hostile manner toward both the CAGOP and national GOP, toward President Bush, and -- as you point out -- toward candidates here in the state. He acts almost ashamed to be a Republican.
39 posted on
12/08/2005 5:29:27 PM PST by
Wolfstar
("In war, there are usually only two exit strategies: victory or defeat." Mark Steyn)
To: Political Junkie Too
What better place is there for someone to get to intimately know the workings of Sacramento, to build a network of supporters, to learn the issues, than the Chief-of-Staff slot? ... Why would Schwarzenegger deny the CA GOP the benefits of holding that position? He is grooming a future leader--for the other team.
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