Schwarzenegger Announces Plans for Special Session, Names Chief of Staff

Associated Press ^ | AP-ES-10-22-03 2145EDT | Beth Fouhy

[freedumb2003]

Yes, but what does this have to do with Terri S.?

[goldstategop]

Sounds good. We'll still be filing for a referendum to get the drivers' license law repealed. The only way the Democrats will reverse course is if the voters put a gun to their heads.

[Pukin Dog]

Schwarzenegger reiterated his pledge to repeal the driver's license bill, saying it would not be subject to negotiation.

Arnie is on track; Wake me for the lamentations of the women.

[onyx]

Posse ping ---

Good appointment. This gal knows her business.

[Weimdog]

Daniel Weintraub

October 22, 2003

The Clarey factor

The choice of Patricia Clarey as chief of staff leaves Arnold Schwarzenegger open to two quick criticisms: he is hiring, effectively, an HMO lobbyist as his top aide and also choosing a loyalist to former Gov. Pete Wilson.

The lobbyist tag is obvious. Seems like a strange move for a guy who campaigned to sweep the special interests outta town.

The Wilson connection is more subtle, in that Schwarzenegger does not want to be known as Pete Wilson's third term, but rather as his own man, running his own show. But Clarey has what Schwarzenegger needs. She knows the Capitol, knows the system, and she is smart, tough and organized. She was the "bad cop" to Bob White's "good cop" when she served as White deputy chief of staff under Wilson. White was schmoozer, the man about town, the governor's alter ego. He stayed above the fray except when his intervention was required, and when it was, he wasn't beyond bringing the hammer down on people. But Clarey was the day-to-day manager, the detail person, the enforcer, the one who was often asked to deliver the bad news. She performed a similar role in the campaign, well enough to impress the new governor with her skills.

Clarey is not the kind of person who craves publicity. In fact, she hates talking to the press. So I think she will see her role in this administration, as any good chief of staff would, to see to it that the governor's will is implemented, at least as far as the edges of the vast executive branch.

We will know more about how Schwarzenegger's views on state policy will be shaped when we see how he and Clarey fill out the rest of the staff. Insiders, meanwhile, already are wondering who will be paired with Clarey as the good cop in this administration, someone to smooth over the hurt feelings after the chief has had her say?

My guess: Schwarzenegger.

[South40]

Not another member of Pete Wilson's staff!

The crybabies who have yet to get over the Mcclintock loss will love this.

Good. lol!

[kayak]

ping

[Pubbie]

"The Wilson connection is more subtle, in that Schwarzenegger does not want to be known as Pete Wilson's third term"

Hey - I'm all for giving Pete a "Third Term" if he reinstates Prop 187.

Go for it Pete - Let's Hear the Lamentations of the Mexicans!

[Poohbah]

Arnie is on track; Wake me for the lamentations of the women.

Ought to start RSN (Real Soon Now).

[oceanview]

he should be running ads pointing out what Davis is doing in his final days, he needs to start building renewed momentum to put pressure on the Dem controlled legislature.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Sorry, I missed your point.

[freedumb2003]

Sorry, I missed your point

It means I am tired of the re-re-re-re-re-hashing of the Terri S. situation.

The Theory Of Chaos sugests that all things are intertwined -- the Free Republic Actuality says that They are. It is a small joke, offered in an wry, obesrvational style that perchance will not be miscronstrued.

[sourcery]

Action, action, action, action," Schwarzenegger said. "That's what people voted me into this office for. They wanted a governor that is filled with action - that performs and represents the people."

Well, he is an action hero, after all. As the press keeps reminding everyone :-)

[Naspino]

Wild guess here. The La Times will feature a story on the $cost$ of calling a special session as proof that Arnold knows nothing and will drive California deeper into debt.

[Young Rhino]

The La Times will feature a story on the $cost$ of calling a special session as proof that Arnold knows nothing and will drive California deeper into debt.

To save time, the "journalists" can simply cut and paste the stories from the Texas papers about the redistricting sessions...so many children starved because Tom Delay wanted Republican seats for a GOP state. /sarcasm

[Tamzee]

Thanks for the ping!

[The Westerner]

I appreciated it. And agree!

[Southack]

The adults are about to be back in charge in California...

[Lancey Howard]

The crybabies who have yet to get over the Mcclintock loss will love this.

LOL, and the liberal surrender monkeys will love it even more!