[calcowgirl]

Let him switch! I'd welcome it. Then maybe Republicans can launch an adequate defense against the liberalism that he is promoting. As it is now, he has more ability to pull Republican legislators into his camp to approve taxes, spending, etc. Gray Davis could never have gotten the votes necessary for farmworker housing that Arnold did. (Thanks for nuttin' Ackerman, et al.!)

As long has he remains the "leader" of the CA GOP, we will only see things move further left. Once he joins up with Rudy for President, the GOP platform will be completely erased.

[Amerigomag]

My response to the ping is:

Those who voted for Schwarzenegger in November, regardless of reason, are part of the problem, not the solution. Those who voted for Republican legislators who supported any of Schwarzenegger's liberal agenda, from the budget to social issues are part of the problem, not the solution.

As long as Republicans, regardless of their self proclaimed political philosophy, elect/reelect members of the expedient/moderate/liberal Republican cabal the problem will not be solved. It will simply be exacerbated.