According to a private survey conducted for Arnold Schwarzenneger's political advisers, the governor has an 81% approval rating among Republicans in California -- evidence that his endorsement of Sen. John McCain today will help with the right crowd.
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Schwarzenneger's Popularity
31 Jan 2008 10:06 am
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Clearly, the California GOP happily takes whatever it can get at the state level.
On the contrary, the California GOP insists on the hard right -- even though it has conclusively demonstrated over the past 20 years that this is a good way to lose elections. Schwarzenneger would never, ever, have managed to win a GOP primary. He became Governor because there was a recall and an open election.
You may feel free to doubt this. But after our June primary, look at the relative ideologies of those candidates who make it to the GOP nomination vs. those who don't. If you find more than 10% who are moderately conservative (let alone actually moderate) I, as a moderately conservative Republican myself, shall be amazed.
Again, I feel that I have no association with 81% of my party. The governor has failed to stand up to a spend and tax legislature and has formulated the most asinine health care package for the state imaginable. We are in debt and yet bond and spend is this Republican governor's mantra. Yet, GOPers embrace him? Why do I feel like my party leaders are so out of step with what I grew up on: low taxes, restrained spending and a strongly conservative social policy.
Not surprisingly then do I reject the Governor and McCain as representative of the GOP base.
The Governator came in on a white horse and sounded good, but he's useless against the liberal legislature and unions. And this year he is caving into their demands. He's releasing convicts out of jail to balance their budget and that's not the type of leadership we need.
I don't think his endorsement holds that much clout..but it may be a factor in that leaders are coalescing around McCain, not because they like McCain. Romney will take a good chunk of delegates IMO, people don't like the illegal alien topic and the economy is a huge issue. Mac is terrible on those and his debate performance was miserable. We'll see what happens.
I have a great deal of difficulty believing the survey, since as indicated above Arnie is basically led around by his wife and the far-lefties/Mexican partisans in the CA legislature, as well as having links to the Bush admin.
He's also developed a recent habit of lying even worse than before, including promoting a plan (with Bubba) without even hinting at a key detail and promoting a prop that would keep the aforementioned far-lefties in office for years without disclosing that that's what it would do.
I don't know whether he's revealed that he's corrupt or whether he's been corrupted, but the bottom line is that he's corrupt.
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The state was already a lock for McCain, so I guess this just cements it even more. But I wonder if Arnold socialized-medicine Schwarzenegger will do him any damage elsewhere. Probably not, but it just highlights how things are different on the Left coast.
Posted by Andrew | January 31, 2008 10:29 AM