A second look at Arnold

I hope any day now that I stop reading about how Arnold was elected to enact change in the state of California. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Voters choose the guy 'cause he was "The Terminator," man. The frickin' "Terminator." They really did not focus on his politics or promises. They just thought it'd be cool to have an action star as governor. How wrong they were.

I think a big reason there is so much shock in Arnold's poll collapse is that people are viewing him as a politician, rather than the political sideshow that he was. Of course, an incumbent anything always has the edge on the outsider, so it's too early to assume that Arnold will be gone in 2006. But unless he becomes more skilled on the political side of things, it's a good chance that Democrats will take the over his house in the next election.