Well, we've moved one step too close to the world of "Demolition Man" for my tastes. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been elected Governor of California, and I can't help but think...What the hell does this mean!?

For starters, it means that various State Democratic Parties in traditionally liberal states need to wake up and realize that having your state institutions run as pay-for-play, semi-corrupt institutions doesn't cut it. Regardless of whether the state leans left or not, they won't keep voting for the types of people who give the words "Career Politician" their bad rep. For examples of this: Parris Glendenning & Gray Davis.

I don't know what it means for California specifically, except for the fact that I'm suspicious of Schwarzenegger since he seems to be surrounding himself with some of the seedier California Republican operatives (at least in his campaign.) Also, while some people are trying to read this as a Republican takeover of the state, I don't think that's the case. The November 2004 election should be the test of that, and I have serious doubts that George W. Bush is capable of even coming close to winning California next year.