I don’t know if Schwarzenegger can win — certainly goofier things have happened in California politics — but the analogy to a dog who finally catches a car is a good one. With a Democratic state legislature and largely Democractic state government, what the heck is a Republican governor — particularly after such an already-partisan battle — going to be able to do? <\/p>\n
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