Actually, I just might rather Jerry Brown.
I voted for Schwartzenegger, reasoning he would be better than Grey Davis or Bustamante. I’m pretty sure I was wrong. Even if Schwartzenmoron is a tad less to the left than the Dem options, the key flaw is this: As a Republican (-INO), he ensures that “Republicans” get the blame for the mess in Sacramento, fairly or not.
If it’s going to be a gawd-awful mess in Sacramento, and if we’re going to have a liberal either way, I’d rather the Dems justly get the blame because their guy’s in the hot seat.
The main problem I have with the Jerry Brown side of things is that it is the same logic that gave is Obama. Obama will do more damage in one year, than anyone could have ever imagined. As bad as Whitman might be, the state could not survive even more tax increases, its own single payor health plan, and the final destruction of what is left of business here.
“Grey Davis or Bustamante”
Now you know you are stretching the truth in a BIG way. Ahnold has been terrible but I don’t remember rolling blackouts or buying massive amounts of power on the open market as part of a scam like Blackout Davis. Bustamante was a card carrying Mecha racist. Ahnold is FAR better than either of those clowns.
A California liberal (Whitman) is still better than a California Socialist / Communist (Brown). A true conservative WILL NOT win in California. There are just not enough people in the conservative inland counties.
We left CA in 2003 (Riverside, CA) so we didn’t get to vote in the recall.
I just had the same thought!