Depends on the Definition of Misspoke

by matt

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (4/24/08):
We are out of whack every one of the next few years by $10 (billion) to $12 billion.
Someone must have let the state out on one hell of a bender last weekend:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California could face a budget deficit that approaches a dizzying $20 billion through June 2009.
[…]
Schwarzenegger announced […]

No Angel

by matt

Last month as I took a look at the the race for Governor in California, I wrote:
Believe me, back in 2003 I’d have promised to donate to, work for, and vote for anyone running against Schwarzenegger. If Angelides can’t run a better campaign than this, he doesn’t deserve my vote, and unless something drastic happens, […]

Strange Days

by matt

“I wouldn’t urinate down his throat if his heart was on fire.” - James Carville on Nader
When Jason and I started this site in 2003, two things drove us: the Bush administration’s mis-governance and the gubernatorial recall election in California. With our state still dealing with the fallout from the 2000 energy crisis, brought […]

How to Tell When It’s an Election Year Pt 2

by matt

Governor’s Republican forgiveness finds some room on the bench (SF Chronicle):
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, once a critic of the GOP-led impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, has nominated one of the top Clinton prosecutors to the Orange County Superior Court bench.
Former GOP Rep. Jim Rogan, who was born and raised in San Francisco’s Mission District and […]

How to Tell When It’s an Election Year

by matt

Blatant pandering:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a prescription drug plan on Saturday that would penalize pharmaceutical companies that fail to provide big discounts to low-income Californians within five years by limiting their access to the state’s huge Medi-Cal market.
The proposal comes as the governor prepares for a health care summit to be held Monday in Los […]

You Wouldn’t Have Seen This Ad in 2004

by matt

A 25 point drop in approval ratings and a bloody special election loss will do that. Now both the Democratic gubernatorial primary and my local state senate primary feature attack ads based on comparisons to Schwarzenegger. Meanwhile, it’s business as usual for the governor:
In 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigned for governor as an outsider […]

Political Suicide for June 1, 2006

by matt

Arnold’s advice to students working to pay their tuition? Sleep is for Girlie Men.

She Said, She Said

by matt

A tough crowd — the toughest — was supposed to be on hand when Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger showed up unexpectedly Monday to address the annual Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in San Francisco.
But instead of handing him his head, as expected, most of the A-list crowd of Democrats, community and labor leaders — including […]

Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinking Badges!

by Jason

It might have been necessary when the Terminator was saving John Connor’s ass from a rampaging big rig, but in the real world the combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and a motorcycle is a bit less heroic. As you may have heard, Schwarzenegger was involved in an accident over the weekend, when he collided with a […]

The Democratinator

by Jason

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has always been defined in terms that play on his former career as a movie star. He was the almighty Governator, sent to terminate his girly-men political opponents. He was Conan, swinging his sword at any who would stand in his way. That’s all fine and good, but after yesterday’s State […]