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Things are goofy in California. I mean, goofier than usual. Republicans are afraid they've lost influence with the governor, which wouldn't be so strange if the governor wasn't also a Republican. What's even stranger is that -- in a true blue state such as California, where Democrats control the Legislature and most of the top offices in the executive branch -- Republicans haven't figured out most Californians no longer care what they think, and this includes the chief executive from their own party. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in for a second term on Jan. 5 after coasting to re-election....

California continues its tumble into the economic sea. In his Inaugural Address, the Governator promised a "post-partisan" world, but we see evidence of some post-partisan depression. His first big initiative is a proposal for universal health coverage. As part of this sweeping and enormously expensive proposal, he will require all businesses with 10 or more employees to offer insurance to their workers or pay 4 percent of their payroll into a state fund.