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Politics : Arnold for Governor! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (122)	8/13/2003 11:33:50 AM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 773

Many of us who are fiscally conservative have been hoping for a candidate that was pro-gun control, pro (or at least not anti-) choice, supportive of regulations that ensure a clean environment, and supportive of child care funding. Many of us believe that the two extremes embodied by the current Democratic and Republican parties, with their equally rabid faithful, are not representative of our beliefs. Many of us want a government that promotes individual responsibility, restrains government waste, but still protects the environment and invests in children's futures rather than leaving some of them to wither on the vine. Many of us think that America's gun culture is not what the 2nd amendment had in mind. If Arnold agrees with all those things (and it is not clear to me that he does, or that he would make a great governor), then he may signal the next big change in national politics, begun once again in California: the emergence of a hybrid of the existing parties that does away with the Democrats profligate spending on wasteful social programs, refuses to embrace the group-think, race-dividing entitlement culture, and yet believes that a clean environment and a well-educated populace are essential legacies to leave for future generations.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (122)	8/13/2003 1:49:22 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 773

He's on the record as pro-choice, pro-gay rights and pro-gun control. He's supported environmental protection regulations. He almost single-handedly passed Proposition 49, an initiative that calls for $550 million in state funds for after-school child-care programs. He married a Kennedy. In other words he is a Californian. Nice to have a californian actually run for office in California, how novel. The more I watch this unfold the more excited I am... the primaries (on both sides) have destroyed some of the top candidates for office. Especially republicans. Just last night I heard CA is the 5th largest economy in the world again. We were 5th in the bubble, then fell to 7th. Somebody must be in recession, maybe France and some other part of Europe. Just the fact that the best our primaries can produce to run the 5th largest economy in the world is Simon and Davis really illustrates the problem right there. There are over 5 candidates I consider electable in the recall, and any one of them is better than either Davis or Simon. Even Arianna I think would have been a better governor than Simon or Davis. Uberroth and McClintock are quality candidates in addition to Arnold on the republican side. Simon doesn't even come close to measuring up. BTW Senator Tancredo (R, CO) mentioned in this article has done some great work on eliminating the work Visas. He has a bill against the H1-B, there is another bill for the L-series visa from a democrat so I don't think visa elimination is a partisan issue. It takes courage for a republican to take a position against visas because their big govt lobbies are for them, so good for Tancredo.