One down, three years to go.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged late Friday that the Legislature would probably not approve a pair of financial recovery proposals that he had hoped to place on the March ballot.
In a succession of votes, Senate Republicans and Democrats took turns shooting down the governor's plan and a Democratic alternative to borrow as much as $15 billion to patch a gaping hole in the state budget and prevent future fiscal crises. [...]
GOP senators who met with the governor afterward emerged to say he was very disappointed. (NOTE: Awww, poor Arnie -- "this governing thing and stuff like that" is tough, Maria1)
Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the failure to reach a deal.
Democrats and Republicans blamed each other? I'm shocked. But the truth is, Governor Group Sex didn't have the needed support in either party. Go figure -- his prposals sucked, and his bully campaign didn't come off to well with most Dems.
^ Points West ^ : where the bullsh*t meets the bone