So California can’t sell its bonds because the outside world has no confidence in our leadership’s ability to manage the state’s finances.  And now public works projects are shutting down—projects that the public approved at the governor’s urging.  If only he had shown as much leadership throughout his tenure in fighting for budget reform.  Instead, when that issue wasn’t an easy win and didn’t come with accolades from the Democrats and the media, he shifted his attention to global warming.  For once, a politician’s chickens are coming to roost when he is still in office.  I’m glad that the Schwarzenegger is having to deal with this mess.  He could have avoided it—or at least the deficit wouldn’t be this big and his options would be better—if he had stayed true to his word when he first ran for office and shepherded through real budget reform early on.