Had he been able to portray the Democrats as a party that's preventing him from solving the problems of California, I think we could have painted ourselves into a very dangerous corner.
If a county touches the coast, it's going to be very different politically, and the differences are becoming more dramatic. Voters there have a very different attitude about a lot of things.
He has done all the things that he needs to do if he wants to turn things around. He had to dramatically alter course. I think he's done that.
He's laid down the gauntlet. He, by his own definition, needs to get a bond on the ballot. It's wrong to say he absolutely cannot be re-elected without a bond but he's going to have a real problem explaining why there isn't a bond.
To the extent that she attempted to keep the Democrat flame burning in the Schwarzenegger administration he snuffed out that flame.
All the initiative races need a lot of money, and there's a relatively small number of contributors. There is a bottom to the well.
It doesn't mean that Arnold Schwarzenegger's political career is over. But he had a mandate to reform state government, and he no longer has that mandate. It's tragic.
Someone living in Fresno has very different concerns from a voter in Eureka or Santa Barbara. When you're running a statewide campaign, everything has to be nuanced and addressed to a region's specific concerns.
It's a tragic waste of resources because we could probably be feeding a small country with all this money.
The proponents have on their side something that is widely popular. Conceptually, this is sort of apple pie.
