“It’s a glow-in-the-dark compass ring. So you don’t get lost."

                -Josh (played by Tom Hanks), in the movie, “Big”

Maybe what we need in California is a glow-in-the-dark compass ring.  Or, maybe it’s just Republicans that need one.  Perhaps just Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Heck, maybe it’s all three.  Let’s face it…to our fellow citizens, Arnold is the face of California and the State GOP (with all due respect to Ackerman, Plescia and Sundheim).

As Jon Fleischman and I wrote on the heels of the Governor’s January 5 State of the State address, “Now, ‘Mr. Hollywood’ has come up with his BIGGEST idea yet…Massive spending to finance BIG state infrastructure needs.”  That was six months ago.  Republicans then asked “What’s the big idea,” but eventually enough went along and placed a big bond question on the ballot.  After all, how could they oppose their own “Party,” headed by the very guy that many supported as the only supposed viable means for Republicans to be in a position to lead in the first place?

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This entry was posted on Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.