[calcowgirl]

But my point is still the same: can we trust him to keep even that pledge?

Given that the budget is already strained, and he is now promoting a new $100 Billion Bond Bonanza, I would say NO. The new bonds create an additional $4 billion dollar annual obligation for the general fund for debt servicing. If revenues don't continue rising or there is one hiccup in the economy, there will be no choice but to CUT, CUT, CUT--or to raise taxes. We have already seen that he has little compulsion to do the former.

[goldstategop]

Its a safe bet the Democrats will not agree to budget cuts. And that leaves one choice - formal tax increases. Its bound to happen no matter who gets elected Governor. The truth of the matter is there is no political appetite in this state for slaughtering sacred cows.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )