Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: When The Governor is Down The Unions Kick Him

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and National Football League Commissioner Paul Tagliabue talk during a photo session before their meeting at the governor’s office in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday evening, Nov. 9, 2005. They and their staffs met to discuss professional football and the prospects of Southern California getting an NFL team.

The Sacramento Bee has Union leaders want apology; governor silent after election defeat

Union leaders demanded an “apology to the people of California.” Democrats in the Legislature insisted he stop insulting them. Quit being a bully, they said at Capitol press conferences Wednesday, and finally work together on issues affecting people’s day-to-day lives. For his part, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger remained behind closed doors in Los Angeles, holding a private meeting with Paul Tagliabue, commissioner of the National Football League, about a possible franchise there.

“The business of government continues immediately,” said Rob Stutzman, Schwarzenegger’s communications director. “There is no pause and important work to be done and important cooperation as we forge into next year.”

Damn! The unions are really a “CLASS ACT” – just like Bulworth and his Ball Bening.

But one day after an embarassing special election defeat that U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein called “the most significant ‘no vote’ in modern political California history,” everyone around the Capitol seemed to be wondering: exactly what will Schwarzenegger do next?

Flap suggests he call his agent and book some movie deals.

AFL-CIO Executive Secretary-Treasurer Martin Ludlow, left, Patrick McOsker, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, center, and UTLA President A.J. Duffy raise their hands in victory Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005 in Los Angeles. The group was victorious in its opposition of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘year of reform’ propositions. All four ballot proposals in Tuesday’s special election failed.