Reply #6: I think you're right, Harry [View All]

[Philostopher]

The thought came to me (as such thoughts often do) while I was standing in the shower. Ronnie Reagan was a dedicated R party flak. He was happy to stand in front of the camera and read the script. Personal hubris wasn't one of his problems -- he preferred the captive audience, lived for cameras flashing in his doughy face, and was willing to do anything the party told him to. He seldom deviated from the script, and I don't think he fooled himself that he was actually running either California or the country.

Arnie is something else. He's got an enormous ego, and I doubt very much that he's going to become a 'photo-op' guy like Reagan did. I'm thinking he's going to believe he actually has the talent to prosecute affairs of state ... and that's going to really cause some serious problems with his 'handlers.'

The only thing they thought, just like with Reagan, was that he had a high 'Q Factor' and he could win -- they didn't think about what was going to happen after they installed him in the statehouse. I think he's going to be a major headache for them because I think unlike Reagan, Arnie actually thinks because he 'won' and 'election' he's actually the governor.

And they appealed so much to the mouth-breathing blue collar crowd, kicking Arnie in the ass isn't going to make them popular later, if he gets voted off 'Republican Island' -- I really hope I'm right that he's going to be a loose cannon, and more than they're prepared to handle.