[NormsRevenge]

Quinn is a veteran political observer and co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of legislative and congressional elections.

[Reagan Man]

>>>> ... Schwarzenegger shed the policies and the staff of the year 2005, he also has largely shed his political party.

The new Ahnold, same as the old Ahnold. Ahnold shed his political party? Don't buy it. Ahnold still has that "R" next to his name. "R" for RINO!

[calcowgirl]

In mid-January, the governor announced that Matthew Dowd, a Texas Republican, will be his head campaign strategist. Dowd's California experience consists of working on the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. That's right, Clinton. Dowd was once a Democratic activist, and worked with Susan Kennedy during her Democratic Party days in the 1992 Clinton effort. Kennedy and Dowd know one thing; how to win over Democrats and independent voters.

Dowd, Kennedy, Zingale. It's like old home week in the executive suite.

[Amerigomag]

While the walls are falling around them the party faithful continue to blow their bugles.

Just last evening they were madly spamming anyone here who even dared suggest that there was a revolt among their grass roots as the party continued to try to shove a liberal down conservative throats .

It's too bad because some conservative Republican candidates are probably going to get washed away in November as the tide sweeps across the increasingly corrupted CRP.

[SierraWasp]

But a re-elected Arnold may not be the worst thing for legislative Democrats. They retain more power as kings of the Legislature with a Republican rather than a Democratic governor."