I don’t think the guy is a hold-out. I think he is the one that has given an indication he is willing to cave if they make him a hero to his district in some manner.
In some ways, Arnold may be doing the right thing in making them balance the budget now when he could delay it and wait for the actual shortfall to occur.
However, he has been silent as the media paints the Republicans of failing to produce the “one vote needed for passage.”
The Democrats hold the majority. It is up to the majority to craft a bill that can be passed and they put in the exact form of gotcha taxation that was the last-straw for Grey Davis so they can say that Arnold has had to do the same thing that Davis did to run the State.
Republicans in California should say nothing but, “The majority party has failed to bringforth anything that does not rely upon heavy thievry from the people of our state. Opposing such thievry is part of our Republican caucus’ fundamental worth to the citizens of a heavily taxed state we all love.”
The same statement, over and over.