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To: Peter van Steennis who wrote (305421)	5/17/2009 9:31:01 AM
From: Geoff Altman	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

I don't know how anyone could have over come the Union ads and get out the Vote No vote. I voted for Arnie too and he has been a disappointment. I wonder how much his wife had to do with him turning into a girly man. The latest proposition results are telling. Voters would rather let the state go bankrupt rather than feed the status quo. The power of the unions and the environmental groups are strangling California to death. Now, to top it all off. Obama is threatening to with hold the 6B in Federal funds unless Arnie reinstates the 75million he cut from the healthcare workers. Welcome to the moronocracy....

To: Peter van Steennis who wrote (305421)	5/17/2009 7:40:23 PM
From: MrLucky	Respond to of 793801

I don't know how anyone could have over come the Union ads and get out the Vote No vote. The most critical error he made was failing to accelerate the distribution of information to the voter. He waited far too long. The unions were phone talking us all to death. I can't count the number of recorded and personal messages we received from the CTA, the law enforcement, firefighters and long shoremen unions. It never seemed to stop. I remember him being quoted as saying they could not out spend the unions. Whether true or not, there were other ways for him to get the word out. That said, I believe his primary mistake was a failure to use the clout of his popularity with the voter and media from day one in office. He knew this was a liberal and democrat oriented state. He should have jumped on his bully pulpit and stayed there. Personally, I think he simply became too enamored with D.C. and the A listers, travel to Japan Europe etc. etc. Perhaps he was simply a greenhorn in the world of California politics. Whatever his failures, the upcoming candidates will be a helluva lot worse.