I can't find Eager Beaver's original thread, so I've started this one. I'm doing so only to provide a snapshot of the latest bad news for the World's Largest Republican.
"Schwarzenegger more unpopular than ever, poll finds" runs the headline on Yahoo News. The article itself is from Reuters.
"Only 34 percent of adult Californians approve of the job Schwarzenegger is doing as governor, compared with 51 percent who disapprove, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California. . . . A year before, the institute found 57 percent of Californians approved of Schwarzenegger's job as governor and 29 percent disapproved."
Wow. There's something about actually being governed by Schwarzenegger that makes it hard to be enthusiastic about him. One factor may be that he sees being governor as a money-making opportunity. The article synopsizes a recent scandal:
"Reuters reported on July 13 that the publisher of 'Flex' and 'Muscle & Fitness' would pay Schwarzenegger more than $13 million over five years to serve as an executive editor. He ended the arrangement two days later.
"The former Mr. Olympia had announced the side job last year but not detailed compensation, which opponents say is a conflict of interest because he has since vetoed a bill that would have regulated diet supplements. Manufacturers of the supplements advertise in the fitness magazines."
Taking $13 million from a private interest while you're running the state . . . and then vetoing a bill that your benefactor doesn't like. Yeah, we're going to change the constitution for this guy. Michael Hiltzik, a LA Times reporter, blogs the following over at Washington Monthly:
"Let the national media enjoy speculating about whether he will or won’t run for re-election next year. It’s plain that he won’t. For one thing, all the issues that he’s put off for the last two years will land with a thud on the next governor. . . . My prediction: Watch for him to set up some national foundation or other political action entity, name himself chairman, and declare that his work in California is done."
Sounds plausible to me, but I never liked the guy. Either way, in a year we'll know.
"Schwarzenegger more unpopular than ever, poll finds" runs the headline on Yahoo News. The article itself is from Reuters.
"Only 34 percent of adult Californians approve of the job Schwarzenegger is doing as governor, compared with 51 percent who disapprove, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California. . . . A year before, the institute found 57 percent of Californians approved of Schwarzenegger's job as governor and 29 percent disapproved."
Wow. There's something about actually being governed by Schwarzenegger that makes it hard to be enthusiastic about him. One factor may be that he sees being governor as a money-making opportunity. The article synopsizes a recent scandal:
"Reuters reported on July 13 that the publisher of 'Flex' and 'Muscle & Fitness' would pay Schwarzenegger more than $13 million over five years to serve as an executive editor. He ended the arrangement two days later.
"The former Mr. Olympia had announced the side job last year but not detailed compensation, which opponents say is a conflict of interest because he has since vetoed a bill that would have regulated diet supplements. Manufacturers of the supplements advertise in the fitness magazines."
Taking $13 million from a private interest while you're running the state . . . and then vetoing a bill that your benefactor doesn't like. Yeah, we're going to change the constitution for this guy. Michael Hiltzik, a LA Times reporter, blogs the following over at Washington Monthly:
"Let the national media enjoy speculating about whether he will or won’t run for re-election next year. It’s plain that he won’t. For one thing, all the issues that he’s put off for the last two years will land with a thud on the next governor. . . . My prediction: Watch for him to set up some national foundation or other political action entity, name himself chairman, and declare that his work in California is done."
Sounds plausible to me, but I never liked the guy. Either way, in a year we'll know.
