Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Sophomore Jinx?
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (2nd R) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (L) give away gifts to kids at the 24th annual ‘Miracle on 1st Street’ Christmas toy giveaway at Hollenbeck Youth Center in Los Angeles December 17, 2005. The annual toy giveaway brings gifts to 8,000 youngsters from the East Los Angeles area.
George Skelton writes in the Los Angeles Times, Gov. Can Recover From Sophomore Jinx
Sure, Schwarzenegger created most of his own havoc in 2005. He reaped what he sowed. But much of his trouble may have been fated.
I was reminded of this the other day while glancing at a column I wrote exactly one year ago when the governor’s job approval ratings were in the stratospheric mid-60s. It began:
“If history were prophecy, [Schwarzenegger] now would be heading blindly into a dark chasm of trouble. Practically every California governor for nearly half a century has been afflicted with the sophomore jinx. Politically, they’ve tended to sail smoothly through their freshman years, then smack into a storm, if not an outright typhoon.”
Skelton has it WRONG as usual.
The Governor JUMPED THE SHARK a few months ago.
Schwarzenegger might be able to win friends on the LEFT but not votes from the RIGHT.
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