|
I'm not buying it, Bruce. They had a chance to make themselves felt two years ago, in the time leading up to the primaries.
Like the Rush song, "if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
As I see it, Daniel Issa saw the low ratings for Davis, knew the law, then thought he could buy the governor's mansion by spending almost $2 million of his own cash on a recall campaign. Of course folks would sign the recall petition...and it's not like it took that many signatures. Issa's dream of course crumbled when Arnie stepped in.
And Arnold has nice sound bites. He comes across as a real compassionate conservative--or a straight up moderate, depending on how you look at it. But he's got two months to figure out just what it is he wants to do. And saying shit like "I'm gonna clean up Sacramento" and "I can't be bought by special interests" (I'm paraphrasing here) is laughable. It sounds beautiful, but realistically? Please...
I know, I know...that shit is S.O.P. Many politicians do it, some really believe it, some just say it for votes. I do think Arnold wants to make California better...just as I believe Ventura wanted to do the same in Minnesota. But any changes will probably be minor and insignificant at best, IMO.
|