He dug himself into a hole with the special election. He's out of the hole now. He's not back on top of the mountain, but he's out of the hole. |
He's going to have to placate those guys or otherwise nothing gets done. |
I feel sorry for the organizers. How do you decide to commemorate a human tragedy that could repeat itself any time? |
If none passes, he could do a public mea culpa and promise a new approach as Bill Clinton did in Arkansas when he won back the governor's office after being defeated for re-election. |
It said to a lot of people that as an institution, the Legislature is weak, and as a political force, groups like the CTA are strong. |
It's a real problem. How do you commemorate a disaster, the basic nature of which the city tried to deny for decades, and an event that could basically happen again at any time? |
It's important to remember there were many factors contributing to the budget and energy problems over which he had no control. |
It's part of the mythology, which is: The place didn't exist before I got here. Back home, you were Norma Jean. In California, it's Marilyn Monroe. |
Schwarzenegger, like Brown and Wilson, could certainly make a comeback and be re-elected. |
The special election may be an albatross today, but it won't necessarily be one in 2006. If even one of his initiatives passes in November, the governor could declare victory. |
Union issues by and large are payroll issues, which are very visible in the state budget and in turn make it easier to demonize. But it's a very one-sided argument to attack labor as if there is no such thing as corporate contributions. |