What's there to think about? The minute this idea came up, Schwarzenegger's response should have been simple:
"The minute this idea came up, Schwarzenegger's response should have been simple:"
There is no way this came up without first being reviewed by the Governator's office. The idea is in the California Performance Review, and has been floating around before that.
This is Arnie's trial balloon. He's kept plausible deniability, but will soon knows a) the sorts of folks who will be fore and against this and b) the intensity of the pro and con.