He said he thinks Schwarzenegger's statement reflects a growing confusion at the Capitol about how to make policy in a state where the voters and the courts can have as much to say about the outcome as the governor and lawmakers do.
"I think what the governor is expressing is really a mindset that has led to a kind of policy paralysis in Sacramento," he said, "where they're not quite sure if it's something that they should tackle. It's very interesting, and I'm not sure where it leads us in terms of the role for representative democracy anymore."
California is now heading into its fifth consecutive statewide election year. Ordinarily "off" years, 2003 and 2005, were occupied by the recall and Schwarzenegger's special election.
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Why have a body of elected officials if they don't have the cahonies or the brainpoweer to get the job done for all the people, not just special interests aor the union behemoths?