I'm not in California anymore, but it seems to me that Schwarzenegger is playing this thing masterfully. By bringing prominent Rats onto his campaign, he's entirely defusing the argument that rightwing Republicans are staging a coup.
That analysis of mine is entirely separate from whether he's going to be a conservative governor, or whether he will do a good job. It's just that he's running a campaign that will be hard to beat.
I'd love to run without taking any stands on the issues and win. He might just do it.
"it seems to me that Schwarzenegger is playing this thing masterfully. By bringing prominent Rats onto his campaign, he's entirely defusing the argument that rightwing Republicans are staging a coup."
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That is exactly why he is doing it,neutralizing the Democrats' charges.