California Election 2006 Watch: Schwarzenegger’s Sacramento Reform – TERMINATED
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces a pen after signing a document during the closing ceremony of the border governors conference Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, in Austin, Texas. After a morning of closed-door sessions on immigration, border security and economic issues, the ten U.S. and Mexican border governors ended their two-day conference by signing joint declarations.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is following the wrong script. After taking over as governor in 2003, he was expected to vanquish business-as-usual politicians in Sacramento–and pull California from the brink of fiscal ruin. Instead, he has decided to put his own political future ahead of the economic survival of his beloved Golden State. How else to interpret his recent move to join ranks with his opponents in Sacramento to put a pork-heavy $37 billion bond infrastructure proposal on the November ballot?
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s strategy is to win re-election. Arnold does not need the infrastructure bonds to beat the “GEEK” Phil Angelides.
Come November – Arnold wins and the bonds lose.
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