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.
Me thinks he's prolly right about der Schwarzenrenegger!!! Creator of massive GANG-GREEN elitist bureaucratic/autocratic land-locking CONservacancies in CA!!!
I really appreciate you deeply thoughtful, insightful and penetrating analysis, Mr. Gone!
He has dispaired over CA's "Ungovernable Situation" many a time in print as he doesn't dislike the initiative, referendumb and recall processes on their own populist merits as much as he despises the way they've been hi-jacked by pollsters, consultants and lobbyists for severe and obscene special interests.
A perfect example is the Prop 98 passage by the teacher's yoonyuns with Celebrity Jack Lemon lying his virtual ass off to the people on multi-millions spent by said yoonyuns on totally deceptive TV commercials!!! It's what's at the core of the up-coming budget WAR with Senor Schwarzenegger that they're calling the "renegger" in the press, right NOW!!!
We used to sorta respect elected leaders in CA to some degree... now they're all a joke and cannot be "statesmen" as they live in fear of being "second guessed" by the people at the ballot box. So now we simply have "government by whim" an that makes the state ungovernable. There are certainly no leaders... only followers acting like leaders if the media plays along to make them look good.
The media loves it, just like they thought they'd love campaign finance reform laws, cause it gives them more power than anyone else!!! That sucks canal water!!! Think about it, will ya???