Don't Be Back!

I know I voted no on all 8 initiatives on GP alone because I thought that the entire special election was a waste of time and money (and this was the most expensive election in history) and that Ah-nold was totally out of line for demanding it. They were all defeated and now Arnold has to stop playing Terminator and work with the people he promised to work with.

'The buck stops with me,' he told reporters Thursday during a Capitol news conference, referring to the clean sweep against his proposals in Tuesday's special election. 'I take full responsibility for this election. I take full responsibility for its failure.'

Voters rejected each of the initiatives Schwarzenegger was pushing on the ballot. He sought to implement a state spending cap and give the governor authority to make midyear budget cuts, change the way legislative districts are drawn, lengthen the probationary period for teachers and restrict the ability of public employee unions to raise money for political campaigns.

Asked if there was anything he would do differently, Schwarzenegger said, 'If I was to make another Terminator movie, I would tell Terminator to travel back in time to tell Arnold not to have another special election.'

Voters also rejected unrelated measures on abortion, prescription drugs and California's energy market.

'I operate with a different mentality,' Schwarzenegger said, saying he will seek to be more patient with legislators. 'I think I recognize that now more so than I did before."

If he doesn't pull anymore power plays, I think I can tolerate him until the election next year. I am still mad at the morons who voted in this Kindergarten Cop but I think that most of them have seen the err of their ways.