I keep quoting Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub for two reasons. One is that he's a good journalist with a lot of knowledge of California state government and also of how government in general works. That latter qualification is surprisingly lacking in some reporters who cover governmental issues.
Secondly, he's obviously a fan of Gov. Schwarzenegger, so it gives his observations of the governor's problems the quality of "even his fans can't ignore this." Of course, politics being politics and people being people, they can. And Schwarzenegger may be wondering if he sees summaries like this from Weintraub on Wednesday, "With fans like these, who needs enemies?" While pointing out that the negotiations for a bond deal were extended, he observes:
When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger awoke this morning, this is what he faced:
--Stories in the morning papers accusing him of going back on his promise not to cut spending on the schools, based on his comment Tuesday that he might consider suspending Proposition 98.
--Protests from local governments accusing him of reneging on his promise to make cities and counties whole for the money they lost when he rolled back the car tax – and stories in papers across the state describing the budget cuts faced by individual jurisdictions.
--A libel lawsuit by a woman who was slimed by his campaign after she accused him of lewd conduct on a movie set.
--Complaints from women’s groups about his decision to forgo an internal investigation about the accusations of improper behavior toward women over the past 30 years.
--A massive demonstration planned by advocates for the developmentally disabled and others fighting his proposed spending cuts.
--Another downgrading of the state’s credit rating, this time by Moody’s.
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