[SierraWasp]

" Schwarzenegger, who grew up in Austria's parliamentary democracy and has been mentored by former Gov. Pete Wilson, an advocate of a stronger executive, doesn't appear to be fazed."

Well... Here's the essence of the rest of the article!!!

Now... How's that grab ya???

[Dog Gone]

Walters accurately describes the problem of California, even if he's a little more shaky on the solution.

California's laws have a lot more basis in populism than other states, and that has been manipulated and abused by special interest groups for several decades now.

Combined with a liberal judiciary that is more than willing to overturn initiatives from conservative special interest groups, it's driven California politics further and further to the left, and without an ability to get a lot of needed things accomplished.

Walters isn't really suggesting a european parliamentary solution. He's suggesting that the governor should have more power than the bureaucracy. He's probably correct, but the liberals in the California legislature and the special interest groups can prevent that from happening.