[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

however, I warned EARLY on that if Arnold doesn't cut spending and taxes, California will still go into default in the next couple of years and the ENTIRE GOP will suffer,

He has said that he would do so. He has surrounded himself with capable advisors. He knows that the main impetus for dumping Dufus was the fiscal mess AND the refusal to cut expenses while increasing taxes. So, what makes you think he will not respond with fiscally conservative policy?

[null and void]

So, what makes you think he will not respond with fiscally conservative policy?

Geeeeee, I dunno, his advisor wanting to overturn Prop 13 maybe???

Or wanting to add a huge tax to Indian casinos???

Time will tell. Still, I'm hopeful - he's gotta be better than Davis...