We're far enough into the Schwarzenegger administration to begin judging it on its own merits, and not simply in comparison to the faux leadership of Gov.-reject Gray Davis. While there are many good things about the actor-turned-governor and his forceful, personality-based style, there is one thing, so far, that comes up wanting: The governor's excessive love of deal-making. As we've noted before on the Register's editorial pages, the governor sometimes falls short of achieving substantive change because he wants to sign onto something in which everyone agrees. He loves the adulation and fanfare. His political instincts lean in the right...