[calcowgirl]

This is why liberal Republicans are so destructive to the party. The leftward MSM won't expose the sham because it advances their ultimate agenda and the conservative new-media won't expose it because they are silenced into supporting the (R) Candidate on the "he can win" (illogical) logic.

Why not make the merger formal and just declare California a one-party system (that of socialists and corruption).

[Elyse]

Lower-than-expected deficits have almost nothing to do with Schwarzenegger's holding down spending. They have almost everything to do with the surprising vigor of the economy, which has pumped many extra billions of dollars into state coffers. The nonpartisan legislative budget office pegs the windfall of unanticipated revenues at $11.5 billion over three years.

I know next to nothing about the California budget issue, but if I'm interpreting this right then I'm a little confused. Haven't the Democrats been painting a dismal picture of the economy? How could there possibly be 'surprising vigor' in the California economy?

I hope that the disallusioned CA Republicans will at least throw this back in the Democrat's face. In effect, in order for them to make Arnold look bad, they have to make Bush look good.