“After that, Arnold just gave up.”
I’m not saying it happened — I certainly don’t know — but have you ever wondered whether Arnold might have been blackmailed, and that might account for his change in direction? Just asking questions.
No, he wasn’t Blackmailed.
When all four Voter Initiatives failed, he simply said well, the People have spoken and that was that.
It is easy to blame Arnold for everything, but at the time he was the only Republican who stood a chance of winning the Governor’s Election. Like I said, it was Arnold or Cruz Bustamante.
I liked Tom McClintock but he didn’t have snowball’s chance in hell even though other FReepers thought he did. In a heavy GOP District Tom is the guy. Statewide he wasn’t.