05-01-2021, 11:08 PM
bfd wrote:
One thing that the Governator still freely admits is just how ill-prepared he was for Sacramento, and just how difficult he found it to get anything accomplished.
If you're not a political power in a political state like California (or Texas for that matter), you'll get eaten alive.
As one of his first big critics, I can say he found it difficult to be what he felt was Republican, when Republicanism shifted to so many other things. He basically was a moderate. I would say more of a Democrat than a Republican. I think his legacy will be in his appointees to the courts and other offices. He appointed a "liberal Republican," Abel Maldonado who was hated by his own party as Lt Governor. In the end it didn't work out so well for Abel.