What a difference a year makes. The budget Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled last week represents a radical departure from his proposal a year earlier. Out: slights to the state's public employees and the shelving of transportation projects. In: a warm embrace of the Democratic legislative agenda. The governor's shift reflects a keen grasp of the obvious: Last year's political agenda was rejected in total by the voters in November's costly and combative special election. That the governor gets this is a good thing. --snip-- The new "Kumbaya" spirit in Sacramento has led some to speculate that the governor's lurch back...