But, I agree with the earlier commenter here who was criticised afterward, unfortunately, and that is that it's not serving any good purpose to "bash" Schwarzenegger and do so routinely. He's at least an improvement over Davis and over the potential that was posed by Bustamente.
He's at least a start. Bashing and smashing is just not productive, after a point. Given that most voters agree he isn't a fiscal conservative, we only have improvements ahead, is perhaps the most constructive way to look at this.
It's a start. Could have been a real change but wasn't. But at least a start. And, holding Democrats responsible for the damage to the state seems to go over their heads entirely. I doubt they will ever, as a collective political and economic perspective, ever get the point that their borrow and spend, self indulgent and socialist programs are what has sent the state into the pits.
Schwarzenegger has made -- so he says -- headway with the credit issues but I am not knowledgeable this morning to any extent to reasonably discuss those.
And therein lies the problem. Perhaps the suggestion that one do some research and googling, or read past threads, should be taken to heart. He has not made headway--debt has been massively increased and General Fund spending has increased a whopping 37% (at least) in just 3 years since he took office.
With budgets requiring a super-majority for passage in the legislature, there is simply no way that a Democrat Governor could have accomplished such largess. And until conservatives come together to say "Enough!", it will continue under the guise of Republican leadership.