WE KNOW THE GOVERNOR NEVER LOOKS AT POLLS…
As another poll shows the decline of the Governor’s approval rating, one has to wonder what happened to those muscled-up coattails of his?
A statewide survey from the right-leaning Rose Institute of State and Local Government notes that when asked if you approve or disapprove of the job Gov. Schwarzenegger is doing today – over 42% of respondents disapprove (including 64% of Democrats and 41% of Other voters). http://rose.claremontmckenna.edu/redistricting/redistricting.asp
Maybe this explains why we see more Republican legislators making the trek to Pomona to kiss the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party (http://www.ca-ra.org/), than we see walking three flights of stairs to attend that great “Thank the Governor for protecting Taxpayers” rally.
The list of legislators attending his events is getting pretty short. Besides his loyal Lieutenant, Senator Tom McClintock (by the way we liked the old, unplugged McClintock better, but I guess a few well-timed fundraising events with the Governor have muzzled him), where are those Republican Assembly members who were flocking to do photo-ops at the numerous campaign events the Governor had last election cycle?
Maybe the Governor’s advance team isn’t telling anyone because they are afraid that the nurses and teachers will dominate the event (by the way the Governor is doing another fake event in Fontana tomorrow according to today’s Riverside Press-Enterprise headline “Governor to Tout Plans to Friendly, Invited Audience”).
Or maybe it’s because every day when the Republican Caucus opens the clips, they see another story of the administration in retreat and disarray.
As described in this week’s Political Pulse, “In Year Two of the Schwarzenegger gubernatorial, many Republicans have fallen into a pre-recall funk. It is the forlorn resignation that comes from the familiar taste of defeat. Before their very eyes, the great Republican hope is disintegrating.” The article even mentions those two dreaded words – Jesse Ventura!
Maybe the Republican Caucus wants to see if the Governor’s ship can right itself before they run over and endorse what’s left of his initiative agenda. They don’t want to be left hanging out there like Assemblyman Keith Richman – holding the bag on an initiative that was so flawed that even the Governor dropped his support. Good luck on that run for Treasurer…
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A statewide survey from the right-leaning Rose Institute of State and Local Government notes that when asked if you approve or disapprove of the job Gov. Schwarzenegger is doing today – over 42% of respondents disapprove (including 64% of Democrats and 41% of Other voters). http://rose.claremontmckenna.edu/redistricting/redistricting.asp
Maybe this explains why we see more Republican legislators making the trek to Pomona to kiss the extreme right-wing of the Republican Party (http://www.ca-ra.org/), than we see walking three flights of stairs to attend that great “Thank the Governor for protecting Taxpayers” rally.
The list of legislators attending his events is getting pretty short. Besides his loyal Lieutenant, Senator Tom McClintock (by the way we liked the old, unplugged McClintock better, but I guess a few well-timed fundraising events with the Governor have muzzled him), where are those Republican Assembly members who were flocking to do photo-ops at the numerous campaign events the Governor had last election cycle?
Maybe the Governor’s advance team isn’t telling anyone because they are afraid that the nurses and teachers will dominate the event (by the way the Governor is doing another fake event in Fontana tomorrow according to today’s Riverside Press-Enterprise headline “Governor to Tout Plans to Friendly, Invited Audience”).
Or maybe it’s because every day when the Republican Caucus opens the clips, they see another story of the administration in retreat and disarray.
As described in this week’s Political Pulse, “In Year Two of the Schwarzenegger gubernatorial, many Republicans have fallen into a pre-recall funk. It is the forlorn resignation that comes from the familiar taste of defeat. Before their very eyes, the great Republican hope is disintegrating.” The article even mentions those two dreaded words – Jesse Ventura!
Maybe the Republican Caucus wants to see if the Governor’s ship can right itself before they run over and endorse what’s left of his initiative agenda. They don’t want to be left hanging out there like Assemblyman Keith Richman – holding the bag on an initiative that was so flawed that even the Governor dropped his support. Good luck on that run for Treasurer…
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