George and the Governator
So why do Californians despise Bush and embrace Arnold?
Clearly, Californians aren’t lining up to back Bushonomics — but when Arnold rails against the special interests, many of the Californians who’ve had it with Bush give the Terminator the benefit of the doubt. Democrats need to strip Schwarzenegger of his good-government cloak and dramatize the gap between his ideology and the needs of ordinary Californians, a task best accomplished by putting forth initiatives to lower the cost of prescription drugs, hold the line on public-college tuition (perhaps through a dedicated tax on the wealthiest Californians or the state’s largest employers) and raise the minimum wage — all causes that the governor opposes. They need, too, to find in their ranks a suitable replacement for John Burton, the recently termed-out state Senate leader who fought with existential passion for the poor and who kept the governor last year from making cuts that would impoverish them further. Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez may be up to that task, even if he lacks the Burton genius for sheer, constructive rage.
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