Arnold, or someone, has to sit through all this advice and sort out a coherent plan. One thing we haven't seen in the Schwarzenegger administration is coherence. |
Basically. The rich and famous only need apply. |
But on the margins it does recreate the dynamic that made Schwarzenegger's election in the recall possible in the first place. |
First is the price tag - it's huge, and the financing details are fairly complex. People are going to want to know how realistic is it that you are going to get this money. |
I don't give Cindy Sheehan any chance of defeating Dianne Feinstein in the primary. ... There is nobody who comes close second [to Feinstein]. |
I don't think he has any other choice, ... He can't afford to divide Republican support and count on independents and Democrats to bail him out. That's just not going to happen. |
I don't think of him as a member of the social right. He's ... a more secular, business-oriented Chamber of Commerce kind of Republican. |
I think they may be playing it for all it's worth. If he's trying to get back on a bipartisan track, what better way than to pick a fight with the president? |
I've always perceived his relationship with Jerry to be more a marriage of convenience. Jerry's New Age, and Ignacio comes from a background of working-class politics. Historically, you just see them as completely different individuals. |
In public esteem, the judges are the most highly rated of the three branches of government. |
In Sacramento, the sense of urgency is what often compels them to do anything and the sense of urgency is now gone. |
In the Democratic Party, except for certain elements, there's lukewarm support for immigration reform and a lot of potential strife. I don't think anyone wants to touch that one. |
It all portends a very rocky start to 2006 for the administration because the concerns are increasingly bipartisan. |
It doesn't hurt for him to have a fight with Bush at this point, which would then differentiate him from Bush when this election hinges on how many Democrats and independents he can get in his corner, |
It seemed to me the honeymoon with Brown wore off after the first term, and in the African American community, they weren't happy with Brown at all. He went sour with key elements of the city, and it's no good to be identified with him. |