"The GOP better run someone against him in the primaries."
They effectively did. Named Tom McClintock. Lost.
He has governed more conservatively than expected by his critics on the right.
He has attempted getting fiscal affairs straightened out, making some progress.
OTOH the California Republican party has made zero headway getting candidates elected, or anything in recent memory.
So I ask in return: What has the California GOP accomplished?
(In the special election for the Propositions, it is generally conceded the democrats did a BETTER job on voter turnout, than the California GOP. Was this intentional, to undermine Arnold, as an "outsider" who challenged their cozy little minority?).
They effectively did. Named Tom McClintock. Lost.
McClintock ran against Schwarzenegger in a primary? When was that? I must have missed it.
He has governed more conservatively than expected by his critics on the right.
Ummm.... no. He is turning out to be their worst nightmare.
He has attempted getting fiscal affairs straightened out, making some progress.
He has increased spending at a greater rate than his predecessor and funded this inflated budget by borrowing more than double what his predecessor was trying to borrow (who was stopped in court by Republicans, btw). The budget is still out of balance, a huge deficit remains, and the cost of servicing debt looms on the horizon for more than a decade. How exactly is this progress?
Not true. Tom has never run against liberal Arnold in a Republican primary. If they did, McClintock would clean his clock.