His "brand" of "social liberal" means he's not afraid to spend the People's money on the things the People need but not over do it. If he was a big liberal he would've given them the whole $5 billion. Or increased taxes. Or signed homosexual marriage and driver's licenses for illegals. Remember his after school program initiative? It had a set of spending triggers.
The problem tonight and, generally, aren't "the Dems" because the legislature and union bureaucracy are not mainstream Democrats. They're no less than outrageous radicals.
He's not getting any credit for working with them any more than Bush has gotten any credit for working with Ted Kennedy on "No child left behind." No Republican is ever going to get credit for that. Even if Arnold had given $5 billion more in education spending, not $3 billion, they'd attack him just as vigorously.
Even when he does good for California, when he makes progress, he can't please select litmus test conservatives around these parts.
can we at least drag Warren Buffett thru the aisles and kick him a few times? ;-)
That's a good example of a socially liberal issue that has no apparent fiscal impact. Sadly, every other socially liberal issue I can think of has a fiscal impact spanning from abortion to gun control.
His "brand" of "social liberal" means he's not afraid to spend the People's money on the things the People need but not over do it.
I don't know if I buy that. Remember that Arnold borrowed several billions of dollars via support of a bond measure to put California in the job of embryonic stem cell research. That was billions (with a 'b') of dollars added to this state's already burgeoning debt just to finance a Mengelesque pro-abort Liberal pet project. In that alone, Arnold way "over did it."
The problem tonight and, generally, aren't "the Dems" because the legislature and union bureaucracy are not mainstream Democrats. They're no less than outrageous radicals.
You know that and I know that, but nobody in Sacramento seems to make a point about it. And thus only our side gets marginalized as "fringe"...even by people who claim to be Republicans themselves.
He's not getting any credit for working with them any more than Bush has gotten any credit for working with Ted Kennedy on "No child left behind." No Republican is ever going to get credit for that. Even if Arnold had given $5 billion more in education spending, not $3 billion, they'd attack him just as vigorously.
This is, in my opinion, due to a ridiculous lack of spine in our Republican "leadership." They need to stop taking it and start dishing it out for a change. Enough with letting the Leftists set the tone. We need to hit them hard enough to get them rocked back on their heels for a change. This "playing nice" is yielding no dividends. None.