In a country where the most populous state twice elected Arnold S as gov.

[samrock]

I will no longer be shocked to see the Donald win in Nov ( not in Cal but over all).. I fully expect in the debates Hillary will win all the discussions dealing with the actual issues, but at some point she will make a facial gesture, an eye roll.. something of that nature and for the next 3 days that is all the MSM will talk about. Everyone called Ronald R the Teflon pres.. Donald Trump makes him look like he was covered in sticky glue.. sheesh..

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Schwartzenegger won because of the number of candidates on the slate.

More than 10? He won with a plurality vote, something like 16%, and that's 16% of maybe 1/2 of the registered voters, so it's really like 8% that elected him the first time. I suppose incumbency explains the second election.

No matter who wins in November, it will also likely be a plurality vote (less than 51%) due to Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.

[CBGLuthier]

3. On two occasions more CALIFORNIANS voted for AS than anyone else. That is a fact.

Spin all ya want to.

[BobbyDrake]

4. He also predated the Tea Party and the general GOP collapse into insanity.

And left office with a 23% approval rating.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "the most populous state twice elected Arnold S as gov."

Gray Davis was recalled after the Enron mess in California with the ginned up energy prices, thus propelling an actor into office. But a bigger demographic change began after that and when Jerry Brown got back in, there was a purge and there are now little or no GOP left (except in a few pockets) in the state legislature.

The state under Jerry Brown actually offers the perfect example of what one needs to do to take a state out of billions of debt racked up by Republican insistence on no taxes for the rich, and bringing it to the point of surplus while expanding services for the people.

I wouldn't compare the situations.