[Voltage]

Arnold should govern by referendum. He won't get any cooperation from the legislature. Submit a vastly reduced budget, one which is in balance and begins repaying the deblt, to the voters. If they reject it, go into bankrupcy.

[calcowgirl]

I predict BK. Keep an eye on the looters lurking in the shadows.

[amordei]

You mean he should submit line items in a budget to the voters? Are you nuts?

Arnold has pretty much NO chance--the win was nice, but it's all downhill from here.

His only chance is to tell the voters of California that their whole system is completely screwed up and that it is time to rewrite the state constitution and return to a small "r" republican form of government and get rid of this inane referendum crap (though I rather liked CCRI and prop 187 myself).

Otherwise, he has really no room to cut enough. Recall that there will be 10 billion more added to the deficit total after a state court rejects the deficit financing as unconstitutional.