The donors the governor needs are in the business community. For them, the re-election announcement is an investment and a guarantee — an insurance of some sort that he is going to stay around and work for them. |
The formula here is simple. You have the luxury of a competitive Democratic primary where the two principals are attacking each other. |
The governor is engaging in very clever politics. By introducing a massive infrastructure bond, freezing (higher education) tuition hikes, he is taking food off the Democrats' table in November. And in true 'Godfather' style, he's making them offers they can't refuse. |
The more she talks, the more problems she seems to create for herself — either aligning herself with dictators, or more out-of-bounds comments. ... Her presence just grates the more she's out there. |
The president could announce a cure for cancer, and the pictures would be some protesters from Code Pink trying to put a pie in his face. |
The reality is that the knee-jerk reaction by the governor's opponents to take him down is to call (Schwarzenegger) a Bush Republican, |
There are surprises that occur, and it would depend on how the case is presented before the court, |
There are two things I would not want to engage Arnold Schwarzenegger in: arm wrestling and a TV appearance. Wherever he goes, the circus comes to town. |
We could have a governor who is empowered and chastened at the same time. He'll be empowered if some of his measures pass, but chastened because he had to work hard for it and his popularity was cut in half. |
What he's cleverly done in the last couple of weeks is taken food off the Democrats' table. |