A special word on special interests

Just a reminder than when Arnold raises money to the tune of 25 million in 2004, it certainly is not from "special interests" wanting things from him. As he puts it himself:

And since then," Schwarzenegger said last week, "I have never heard any one of the people that have contributed money to me ever say, 'I want to have a meeting, and I demand that the governor does this or that because we gave him money.' "

That Arnold, so brave. But let's continue reading, anyway:

Schwarzenegger's biggest single donor was Orange County billionaire Henry Nicholas, who gave him $1.5 million to help defeat Proposition 66, which would have softened California's three-strikes sentencing law.

The next largest donor, at $1.054 million, was Ameriquest Capital Corp., a mortgage lender with interests in state affairs. Ameriquest spent more than $200,000 on lobbying in Sacramento last year.

I repeat, none of these people have any "special interest" in the Governor of California, and none of the people who help Arnold raise his goal of $50 million this year will fall into that category either.