Arnold Schwarzenegger Now California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

SacUnion Blog: "I earlier said that Governor Schwarzenegger's 'State of the State' address sounded as if State Senator Tom McClintock wrote the text; Daniel Weintraub believes the same.

Wednesday night, suddenly everything changed. It was if the flashy governor were channeling his straight-laced colleague. Schwarzenegger's speech sounded almost as if McClintock had written it.

'Maybe I should have copyrighted some of my ideas,' McClintock said with a laugh when I asked him later about the resemblance.

This a very good sign.

My only concern about State Senator Tom McClintock becoming the Lt. Governor in 2006 is his relationship with the governor and its impact on the health and growth of the Republican Party.

(Yes, there still is the issue of his 'electablity' in a liberal state like California; but that's another blog discussion)

If Governor Arnold can take content and direction from State Senator McClintock, and the State Senator can refuse the temptation to become an 'Arnold Antagonist' when the governor decides to journey a slightly different path, then we have a winning combination come November of 2006.
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