Arnold's still in trouble

AP:

Republican candidates for statewide office traditionally need at least 80 percent of the party vote to win, and at this point Schwarzenegger "doesn't have that," said Michael Spence, who heads the California Republican Assembly, a conservative wing of the party.

Regarding Schwarzenegger's appeal for unity, he said, "I don't care what he says at this point. I care about what he does."

San Diego Union Tribune:

Although some public opinion polls show Schwarzenegger beginning to bounce back, a statewide survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California showed that only 35 percent of California adults believed the governor was doing a good job, down from 40 percent in January.

It will be next to impossible for Arnold to appeal to both conservative Republicans and moderates in this state, and if he wants to stick around in 2006, he better understand that pretty quick.