I knew Arnie was pro-abortion, but thought that he might at least have some economic sense and would balance the budget. It turns out that the people who said he was a muscle-bound jerk were entirely right. It would have been far better to leave Gray Davis in office.
Thank you, Karl Rove, for your great work in California.
Here's an excellent piece in the Capitol Weekly, including this telling statement: "We don't know how the current administration will take this week's headline of 'State government employee total of 235,461 tops Davis administration.' We know that this governor is comfortable in his own skin and Republicans across the country take great pride in their 'spend and spend' policies that keep them in power."Schwarzenegger faces revolt by GOP in CapitolArnold Schwarzenegger represents the worst aspect of American politics: principle-lacking pursuit of personality. This governor pretended to be a conservative when he thought that was the road to continued accolades, and then he embraced mega-government, finding that it is even easier to buy popularity with excessive government spending -- especially when that spending can be financed on the backs of future taxpayers through debt spending. This is an expensive way to finance his super-ego, but Republicans mostly are fine with this because they get to maintain some chimera of power.
SACRAMENTO — Their uneasy coexistence with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now at the lowest point in his tenure, Republican state lawmakers are rebelling in increasingly public ways over administration efforts both big and small.As Republicans still reel over Schwarzenegger's partnership with Democrats last year to enact curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, the governor is now championing a healthcare plan they say will be disastrous for the state's economy.
"The governor, contrary to popular Sacramento mythology, has been growing government more rapidly than Gray Davis did during his administration," said Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine). He pointed to a report from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office that projects a shortfall of more than $6 billion by next year under Schwarzenegger's plan. "What we are trying to do is exercise a modest bit of fiscal responsibility," DeVore said.
The New Majority and the RMSP certainly meddled far and wide, amongst other groups .. between Soros and the Rovinator, it’s like they had a competition on to see who could hit make whose party hit bottom first and still claim to be in charge.