It reaffirms that he’s not a moderate. When push comes to shove, he’s another conservative Republican.

It doesn’t mean that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s political career is over. But he had a mandate to reform state government, and he no longer has that mandate. It’s tragic.

Someone living in Fresno has very different concerns from a voter in Eureka or Santa Barbara. When you’re running a statewide campaign, everything has to be nuanced and addressed to a region’s specific concerns.

Had he been able to portray the Democrats as a party that’s preventing him from solving the problems of California, I think we could have painted ourselves into a very dangerous corner.

To the extent that she attempted to keep the Democrat flame burning in the Schwarzenegger administration he snuffed out that flame.

He has done all the things that he needs to do if he wants to turn things around. He had to dramatically alter course. I think he’s done that.

They’re clearly linked, the bonds and his re-election prospects. The unknown is whether people who were uncomfortable with him last year but who were comfortable with him before will decide for a second time if...

He’s laid down the gauntlet. He, by his own definition, needs to get a bond on the ballot. It’s wrong to say he absolutely cannot be re-elected without a bond but he’s going to have...

The proponents have on their side something that is widely popular. Conceptually, this is sort of apple pie.

It’s a tragic waste of resources because we could probably be feeding a small country with all this money.

All the initiative races need a lot of money, and there’s a relatively small number of contributors. There is a bottom to the well.