You're missing the point. It's an allegedly Republican adminsistration. They don't need ANY democrat liberals.
La Raza--appointments secretary. UGH.
http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/4265/
10/03/2006 GAAS:733:06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments:
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Alberto Roldan, 40, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy appointments secretary in the Office of the Governor. Since 1992, he has served as a deputy district attorney with the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, where he specialized in the prosecution of vehicular manslaughters, prison crimes, officer-involved shootings, domestic violence, financial crimes against the elderly and career criminals. Roldan is a past President of the La Raza Lawyers Association of Sacramento. He has also been a Visiting and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law since 1995 and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $99,500. Roldan is a Democrat.
Arnold stopped being a "Republican" at least a year ago. I've given up expecting anything from Arnold. But I will say that by bringing together a diverse group of advisors, he's trying to anticipate all the angles of the debate next year. That's his rationale, and he's not turned over the whole issue to ex-Davis staffers, as most of the commenters on this thread assume.