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“Arnold has turned out to be exactly LIKE Davis.”

Actually, Arnold tried to pass spending limitations. The voters rejected them, and then he went into full Liberal RINO mode to get reelected. The voters of California are responsible for Arnold’s bad character; they drove him to it.

Actually, Arnold tried to pass spending limitations. The voters rejected them, and then he went into full Liberal RINO mode to get reelected. The voters of California are responsible for Arnold’s bad character; they drove him to it.

So true. I remember hearing on Armstrong and Getty after his propositions failed "well the voters have spoken". The next week, he issued the biggest bond in state history. When I see election results, every bond measure and tax hike gets passed here in the Bay Area. When the stem cell scam passed, it made me want to put my own proposition on the ballot to give me billions. The voters just can't say no.

Actually, Arnold tried to pass spending limitations. The voters rejected them, and then he went into full Liberal RINO mode to get reelected. The voters of California are responsible for Arnold’s bad character; they drove him to it.

Bah. Arnold shirked his duty. There is a reason the Founding Fathers set up a Republic rather than a direct democracy. In California, we have a mixture of both - elected representatives and a referendum system. If Arnold had any huevos, he would have wheeled and dealed with the legislature to get his budget items passed. He has the power of veto, and he would have had the support of some real conservatives in the state legislature (McClintock, for instance). Instead, he wussed out and sent the initiatives to referendum, so that the voters at large could implement the changes HE said HE would implement. When they predictably failed, Arnold then had an excuse to act like the liberal he always was. Why do we even need elected representatives if all major issues are to be settled by direct popular vote? Let's just disband the legislature all together then.

Actually, Arnold tried to pass spending limitations. The voters rejected them, and then he went into full Liberal RINO mode to get reelected. The voters of California are responsible for Arnold’s bad character; they drove him to it.

While the historical context of your post is correct, your analysis is way off.

Arnold IS the GIRLY-MAN of California politics.

No Spine and a Democrat in a cheap Republican suit!