Gov. Schwarzenegger's promise to work with legislators on a new drivers license law for undocumented immigrants is earning him some early flak from the conservatives in the Republican Party. People have an image of California as a zany, anything-goes kind of state. Which has some basis in reality.
But that image makes it easy to forget that California also has some really rabid conservatives. And when immigrant bashing is enjoying one of its periodic waves of popularity among suburban voters, as it is right now, they are ready to flog that "cheap piñata," as Carlos Ramos calls it.
Driver's license issue still a test for the governor Sacramento Bee 12/04/03
<< In multiple radio interviews this week, it was clear a subject that tied Davis in knots is also a potential political tangle for Schwarzenegger, despite his success in fulfilling a campaign promise to get rid of the law. ...
<< Talk show hosts, however, who take credit for helping the former action movie star replace Davis in the recall election, say many of their listeners thought the issue was settled when they voted for Schwarzenegger.
<< They were surprised to learn recently that Schwarzenegger is willing to work with the measure's author, Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, on an alternative version of a bill -- one that exit polling showed 70 percent of voters opposed.
<< "There's what you say, and there's also what people think they hear," said John Kobylt, a KFI talk show host who confronted Schwarzenegger on the issue Tuesday. ...
<< And Ron Prince, a co-author of Proposition 187, which sought to deny government services to undocumented immigrants, has begun circulating petitions for a revised initiative that also would require the state to verify an applicant's lawful presence in the country before issuing a driver's license. >>
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