See How They Run

Don't be surprised to see the Assembly Republican Caucus on the side of a milk carton soon. When it comes to the supporting the Governor, they're running away faster than rats on a sinking ship. Given the lack of turnout, it was easy to spot the only Republican Assembly member on hand for last week's half-baked "Thank You, Governor" rally by the Citizens to Save California.

That was none other than Assemblymember Bonnie Garcia, who has corporate interests bankrolling an education proposal she didn't even bother to introduce as legislation

(Note to Bonnie: your tax-paying constituents sent you to Sacramento to introduce bills, not initiatives that will cost them $80 million).

Then again, maybe Assembly Republicans still aren't over the Governor's efforts from last year's legislative elections. Despite promising them the world, the Governor's endorsements of Assembly Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's slate of unsurgents (yeah, I made that word up) left their status in the capitol unchanged.

So they're back to their traditional role: holding the broom behind the elephant in the room, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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