[Saundra Duffy]

I don't want to say "I told you so" but I did state that I was worried this would happen. God help California.

[Saundra Duffy]

Ping

[Saundra Duffy]

Pray for California

[Hildy]

Saundra.. all the hand wringing is unseemly. Most of the fiscal matters are being headed up by Conservatives, and that's what's most important. No matter what, it's going to be better than what we had before. At least wait until he actually DOES something.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I know. It's so horrible that a governor would choose a senior advisor whom he has known for a long time and apparently trusts, when he could have picked someone whom he knows little about. That would have been better for California, no doubt about that.

[Consort]

Sun flares get to you? Have your tin hat calibrated ASAP.

[poet]

But, but, Saundra, Arnold is a republican, (gag)

[mac_truck]

Reiss is a friend and associate of Schwarzenegger for nearly 25 years.

try again

[snooker]

Can't be any worse than it was.

One step at a time.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

And you ignore all his other appointees. What a loser.

[NautiNurse]

Maybe enviro whackos will listen to one of their own about forest maintenance and fire prevention. Heck, maybe this one can manage to "out" some of the ELF and ALF population.

[KellyAdmirer]

If you are going to get hyper about every appointment the man makes (actually, the other three he made that you gloss over look ok), then you are in for a lot of grief. If Schwarzenegger only appointed rock-ribbed conservatives, he would get nothing done with the legislature at all. The Democrat pols who actually run the state aren't (all) stupid, they are looking for some signs of moderation, and Arnold is giving them that in these little driblets.

[joesnuffy]

So what....as long as Arnie is a Republican...that's what matters....

[68 grunt]

Sounds like a good woman to me.

[FFIGHTER]

News Flash: [sarcasm]Governor-elect Schwarzenegger is married to Maria Shriver, Maria Shriver is related to Senator Ted Kennedy. Maria Shriver had the audcity to campagin for her husband Arnold Schwarenegger. In addition she showed up at the victory party, along with other Kennedy relatives as well as registered democrats that voted for Governor-elect Schwarzenegger. Women, Actors and Democrats voting for Arnold, that should tell us something...[/sarcasm}

[sinkspur]

You Arnold-haters look ridiculous. He appoints Stephen Moore to his economic team, one of the most influential conservatives in the fiscal arena, and you, Saundra, say "no comment."

But, when he appoints somebody he's known for twenty-five years to his team in a nothing job, you scream like a banshee.

As I said, ridiculous.

[Grando Calrissian]

Break out the Y2K rations. Stock up on gold, whisky and cigarettes. The apocalypse is upon us.

[mike_9958]

Let's try to give people a chance..... I'm sure not every "friend" of Ted Kennedy is just like the "swimmer".

Let's judge by these people by their actions....

[kidd]

It apparent from this appointment that Arnold has no intention of relaxing environmental controls on industry and power suppliers.

Without a business environment that encourages new businesses to move to California, it is unlikely that California will share in the improving economy.

[BJungNan]

From what I read in the article, this is no big cause for alarm. The enviro association bothers me, but that is only the status quo out her. Enviros get everything they want anyhow. She can not make things any worse.

[tallhappy]

You'll notice the responses, for the most part, are simply personal put downs. Smarmy throwaway insults.