Republicans Blame Schwarzenegger

[maddezmom]

LOS ANGELES - The across-the-board collapse of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ballot propositions came down to this: They were ideas with narrow appeal, further damaged by a flat-footed campaign and an unpopular messenger, the governor himself.

And that's just what his fellow Republicans said.

California's celebrity governor was elected in 2003 as a centrist Republican — an essential pedigree in a state that votes reliably Democratic. But by the end of his initiative campaign Tuesday, Schwarzenegger had alienated Democrats and independents and allowed his opponents to paint him as an extremist.

"What was defeated yesterday was a caricature of Arnold Schwarzenegger, not the reality of Arnold Schwarzenegger," Republican consultant Kevin Spillane said Wednesday.

Despite his moderate views on social and environmental issues, "that's not the tone and style and implicit message that came through in this campaign, and it played right into the hands of his opponents who depicted him as an ultraconservative Republican," Spillane said.


more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_re_us/who_s_to_blame

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[madrchsod]

1. that`s what they told him to do

i`d say they used him as a trial ballon to see which way the wind was blowing. well they found out and they had to blame someone so arnie "you just been punk`d"

[skiddlybop]

2. Shwarzenegger must REIMBURSE the state for all expenses!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wallechinsky/schwarzenegger-for-dummie_b_10413.html

Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a failed attempt to boost his political career, wasted $55 million of taxpayer money that could have been used to help the state. When he campaigned for governor two years ago, Schwarzenegger boasted that he was too rich to be bought by special interests. That being the case, I propose that he make it up to the citizens of California by using his own fortune to reimburse the state for the millions that he caused us to lose.

[architect359]

3. and as usual, the scapegoating

and finger pointing begins...