Hmmm, CA is a Republican governor with a dem legislature. It has huge deficits.

MT is a Democratic governor with a balanced house and Republican senate. Montana has no budget deficit.

Further noting what happened during the Reagan years (huge deficits - dem congress), Clinton years (massive shrinking of the rate at which the deficit was growing - republican congress), bush years (huge deficits, repub congress then dem congress), I think the solution is obvious.

Dems should always be elected to the executive role, and republicans should be elected to the congress. California recalled the wrong player with Davis. They should have recalled their legislature.