From the moment he - somewhat surprisingly - offered himself as California's governor nearly a year ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised that he would close the state's chronic budget deficit without new taxes or major damage to vital services by taking a realistic, tough-minded approach. "The public doesn't care about figures," he said early in his campaign. "They have heard figures for the last five years. Figures and drafts and percentages. And all kinds of things. What the people want to hear is, are you willing to make the changes? Are you tough enough to go in there and provide...
