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Originally posted by lordjeebus
Because he was considered the "not Gray Davis" with the greatest chance of winning.
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Exactly. I talked to several republicans at work who liked McClintock *much* better, but voted for Arnie because they didn't think McClintock could win.
I think the election was definitely a mandate that Californians wanted Gray Davis out of office. I'm not convinced that it was a mandate that people liked Arnold or his political platform.
The rubber meets the road now. I'm curious to see how Arnold will repeal the car tax AND balance the budget. He does have some smart people on his team, but he will have to either cut government programs deeply OR raise revenues somehow to balance the CA budget.
And remember, fixing things that he talked about, like corruption in the worker's comp system, actually cost you more in the short run. You have to hire consultants and extra staff to restructure the system to eliminate corruption, then slowly the corruption goes away. In the short run, the corruption is still there and you have the added expense of trying to fix it. It's a good goal in the long run, but in the short run it doesn't help him balance the budget.