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Originally Posted by Steve
Perhaps you missed this part of my post: Gray Davis was recalled for that one reason alone.
That he was "starting to get the idea of sounder economic principles before he was voted out" is of no consequence. The guy fucked up the State for four years and, finally, the voters of California had decided enough was enough when our utility rates went through the roof...
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In other words, they left Davis holding the bag for unsound deregulation policy.
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This shouldn't come as a surprise, as Arnold's lead advisor has been former Governor Pete Wilson who negotiated and signed the disastrous deregulation plan in 1996.
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I am not overly impressed with the economic upturn in California during Wilson's tenure, since it was due mainly to national economic policies by the party of massive surpluses.