August 2008

  • The Governor’s Budget Non-strategy

    It wouldn’t be surprising to see non-Californians still do a double-take when the title “Governor” is applied to former on-screen cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was admittedly a lot weirder at the beginning here for us, but we’re mostly over it out here, done with the “I’ll be back” jokes and calling him the Terminator. Plus, I think all the Terminator references only encourage his macho-dog antics, like when he called Democratic legislators “girly men” a few years back. Mature! Anyway, Schwarzenegger seems to be reinventing himself enough so people even call him moderate. It’s true he has broken with Bush on some issues, positioned himself as an environmentalist, opposed offshore drilling and promoted and signed a measure to sharply reduce California’s greenhouse gases emission. But Thursday he did something pretty retro. more

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