Sheila Kuehl's plan was definitely better. After all, she was one of the stars of the old Dobie Gillis TV show (playing Zelda), which trumps anything Ah-nold did in Hollywood. The lead Dems also opposed her plan, no?
On 1/17/07, Seth Sandronsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim and Michael, It should be juicy to watch the course of AS's proposed health-care reform. Recall his veto last Sept. of universal health-care coverage (state Sen. Sheila Kuehl's SB 840), approved by the state Legislature. Here is her recent LA Times op-ed on health-care reform in CA <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-kuehl9jan09,0,7944823.story>. AS defended his SB 840 veto by saying that health care for all is too costly. Where centrism begins, the right-wing ends? Seth Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:52:53 -0800 From: Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Ah-nold He's more clever than Davis. He ran as a centrist, then took the role of a hard right radical, except on social issues. Now he is running as a soft Democrat, working closely with the Democratic leadership, which consciously undercut the Democratic candidate in the last election. I'm not sure if his triangulation will work, offering some red meat to the Republicans, who are now behaving as his enemies. On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 10:47:41AM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: >a few years ago, people on pen-l were sneering at California for >electing Ah-nold Schwartzenegger as gov. Justly so, given the track >record of Jesse Ventura and the like. But nowadays, he seems nothing >but a more charismatic version of the previous gov, Gray Davis. (Of >course, Davis isn't hard to beat in the charisma competition.) > >I think the similarity is that they're under similar political >pressures. Davis took campaign contributions from the nurses' union, >while the Austrian Axeman is pressured by their harassment (and justly >so). In general, however, the constellation of forces isn't that >different. > >-- >Jim Devine / "Doubt is uncomfortable, but certainty is ridiculous." -- Voltaire. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001
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