Comments on: Schwarzenegger Could Endorse A Dem? http://donklephant.com/2009/05/01/schwarzenegger-could-endorse-a-dem/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SaneInSF http://donklephant.com/2009/05/01/schwarzenegger-could-endorse-a-dem/comment-page-1/#comment-456461 SaneInSF Sun, 03 May 2009 00:14:45 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14680#comment-456461 Let's see -- the Democratic front-runners are Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa. Centrists? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. The most idiotic blog post I've ever seen. Do you even live in California, Justin? Let’s see — the Democratic front-runners are Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa. Centrists? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. The most idiotic blog post I’ve ever seen.

Do you even live in California, Justin?

]]> By: wj http://donklephant.com/2009/05/01/schwarzenegger-could-endorse-a-dem/comment-page-1/#comment-456259 wj Sat, 02 May 2009 15:19:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14680#comment-456259 In the California legislature, Democrats have not needed to focus on competent governing because the Republicans have focused on ideological extreme purity. Emphasis on the extreme. (The only way Arnold got in was an open special election, where he didn't have to win a Republican primary first.) As a result, the Democrats, too, have a bunch of nut cases in government -- only slightly leavened with machine politicians looking for favors for special interest groups. So a centerist, if a few manage to get thru the primary process, would obviously appeal to Arnold. No way he would work against one, just because they were from a different party. Heck, if one got nominated, he would probably support them regardless of <i>species</i>! And that applies to state-wide offices, not just the legislature. And why not? Arnold is that extreme rarity in California: an office holder who actually is interested in trying to make government do a decent job of governing. In the unlikely (make that extremely unlikely) event that a Democratic candidate to replace him is of the same mind, obviously he would support them. In the California legislature, Democrats have not needed to focus on competent governing because the Republicans have focused on ideological extreme purity. Emphasis on the extreme. (The only way Arnold got in was an open special election, where he didn’t have to win a Republican primary first.) As a result, the Democrats, too, have a bunch of nut cases in government — only slightly leavened with machine politicians looking for favors for special interest groups.

So a centerist, if a few manage to get thru the primary process, would obviously appeal to Arnold. No way he would work against one, just because they were from a different party. Heck, if one got nominated, he would probably support them regardless of species! And that applies to state-wide offices, not just the legislature. And why not? Arnold is that extreme rarity in California: an office holder who actually is interested in trying to make government do a decent job of governing. In the unlikely (make that extremely unlikely) event that a Democratic candidate to replace him is of the same mind, obviously he would support them.

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