Arnie is running California into the ground.
Um, NO, you've got that wrong. California WAS ALREADY "run into the ground," and Arnold's now driving the, um, cycle. At least not farther under.
He made a terrible error in his staffing and he's paying the price for hubris. He should have remembered that Republicans got him into office and governed accordingly. The disappointments come from his pandering to the Democrats, who will never, ever, budge or meld into the sanity that the rest of the state so wants and deserves. I think that's Arnold's biggest error, trying to appease the Democrats inorder to, supposedly, represent "everyone" and "get things done."
Because it's only turned conservatives off, among other specifics, and made Schwarzenegger appear to be far more liberal than he says he is (my vote's still out about that).
He's now, almost certainly, considering that he needs Democrats moreso inorder to be re-elected and us Republicans are nonplussed entirely. I just don't know at this point who I'll vote for in the next election, and if there's an actual conservative who runs, I'll vote for them and not Schwarzenegger. Mrs. Maria should take note.
HOWEVER, at this point, I can't see denigrating Schwarzenegger any more than he has been by the Democrats. It's not serving any purpose. I do wonder how some of us can get our perspectives heard, however, but in the greater reality of things, at least we have Mrs. Maria and not Davis, and not Bustamante. I still find that horrid that Bustamante was even being considered for the Governor's office.
We need a charismatic Republican in the Governor's office. Arnold can return to the fold, or, lose a re-election. I'd like to see him return to the fold, however.