Beet
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« on: December 17, 2005, 06:23:11 AM » |
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The way I see it is pretty simple. If Schwarzenegger doesn't think he can get anything done, he shouldn't run for governor. Or, if he thinks the only way he can get anything done is to have a GOP legislature, this should be part of his campaign. Otherwise, unless he thinks he can work with the legislature, or at least accomplish something significant without the legislature, he should just go back to Hollywood. That's not an anti-Schwarzenegger sentiment, I don't really oppose him, it's just a fact of life. I don't see why he would want to be governor if he can't accomplish anything.
Now on the other hand, if he is running for the office, that tells me that he believes he can get something accomplished. Why? Because he is asking the voters to put their trust in him... he is asking something from the voters. When the voters deliver that, and give him what he asks, presumably he has something he thinks he can deliver in return. Otherwise he wouldn't have asked. And up until this November, the voters have given him everything that he's asked for.
The only way I would oppose Schwarzenegger has nothign to do with his policies but rather the way government is run. If he wants to turn California into a direct democracy, rather than a state government on the republican model of representative democracy, this I would oppose, as I'm a supporter of the republican model, for the most part, on the state as well as national level. I believe states should have legislatures, and for the most part it should be legislatures and not the people who decide the bulk of policy. But other than this I'm not exactly a big anti-Schwarzenegger. There are worse Republicans around than him...
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