[lbo-talk] Another Asshole

[Brad DeLong]

>mike larkin wrote:
>
>>I think we've just had one of those mini-thaws where
>>it appears Bush is vulnerable, the left has a chance,
>>etc. These thaws never last, and now, with Arnold's
>>victory, the thermometer is dropping. Expect political
>>temperatures in the subzero range, with icy gusts of
>>reactionary rhetoric. All pets should be brought inside.
>
>Arnie's got a budget to balance. He's either going to have to raise 
>taxes, which will drive the Reps crazy (and for which it would be 
>almost impossible to get a 2/3 vote in the legislature, no?) or cut 
>services so deeply that people might get upset. He's got his hands 
>full.
>
>Doug

In six months, it is highly likely that eithe rthe Suburbanites who 
believe "Arnie loves the childreN' or the Republicans who belive 
"Arnie will terminate the state government" will be really, really 
mad...

Brad DeLong