There are significant differences between Angelides?Westly and Arnold. Arnold helped CA become more business friendly and helped the CA economy. Arnold tried to reduce the power of unions, correct the gerrymandered districts AND control spending with his special election proposisions, which the CA voters defeated. Don't blame Arnold for what the Dem Legislature and the voters did.
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WESTLY:
In the “Stand” spot, Westly says, “I’m Steve Westly – before I ask for your vote, I owe it to you to tell you where I stand. I’m strongly pro-choice and I believe protecting our environment is fundamental. As governor, I’ll make education my top priority.” Then the announcer adds, “Steve Westly. Require big corporations to provide adequate health insurance, expand the Healthy Families Program, incentives for hybrid vehicles and solar energy, stop any new offshore drilling.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627880/posts
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ANGELIDES:
Angelides calls himself a champion of "progressive values." As state treasurer, he has pushed public pension funds to dump tobacco stocks, invest in urban renewal projects and pressure corporations into cleaning up the environment. A close ally of labor, he also supports abortion rights, gay marriage, gun control and driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.
If he makes it into a general-election race, his call for increasing taxes could pose problems; Schwarzenegger has been steadfast in opposing higher taxes.
http://www.calcoast.org/news/cpr0060122.html
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In the meantime, Arnold:
"They're focused on the Capitol's perpetual war between business and the big four Democratic Party subfactions: labor unions, personal injury lawyers, environmentalists and consumer protection advocates.
The past two years have been bleak ones for the Big 4 because Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has aligned himself with the California Chamber of Commerce and other business groups, rejecting nearly all of the measures they had dubbed "job killers." Schwarzenegger and business, moreover, bulldozed the Legislature into approving an overhaul of worker's compensation that authorities say is reducing employers' costs by $15 billion a year. It was the most significant advance either side had made in the war in many years and one that Democrats and their allies now want to undo. "
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627876/posts
Unfortunately for Arnold, those are all differences without much of a distinction. It's all a question of how fast you can sprint to the target of a socialist state. Angelides will gt us there the fastest, then Westly and finally Arnold, who prefers cruise control to the target.
" Arnold tried to reduce the power of unions, correct the gerrymandered districts AND control spending with his special election proposisions,..."
We've been over this with you time after time, and it still hasn't sunk in. Probably the result of shift changes at the FO account I would guess. Once more, those propositions failed for a number of very valid reasons: (1) too little, too late; (2) the conservative base didn't trust Arnold then, and even less now; (3) other than some TV ads and a few speeches, Arnold himself did very little to advance the cause; (4) Prop 76 had big problems, as previously enumerated and discussed ad nauseum. That's as much as I have at my fingertips, but we all know the story.
"...which the CA voters defeated. Don't blame Arnold for what the Dem Legislature and the voters did."
And the second that election was over, Arnold immediately launched into a headlong rush to the left. Remember? Sure you do.
Thanks for telling me what I already know about Westly and Angelides. Both of them are unacceptable far left weasels who would normally be considered unelectable but for the fact they are running against another left wing weasel only slightly less reprehensible than the two of them. So now it's a race. Speaking strictly for myself (and a whole bunch of Orange County conservative friends), all three of them are considered unacceptable.
As for your ending two paragraphs attempting to vest Arnold with a few conservative moves, I wonder if you truly recognize how weak, ineffective and unpersuasive your words are?
Pathetic.