To the Point
Schwarzenegger's Last Year in Office and What Might Have Been
The Terminator became the Governator with the promise that he could use his super-celebrity to end what he called " crazy deficit spending " and "tear up the credit card."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe Terminator became the Governator with the promise that he could use his super-celebrity to end what he called "crazy deficit spending" and "tear up the credit card." Six years later Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval ratings match those of Democrat Gray Davis, the man he defeated in a re-call election, and the state's $20 billion deficit is bigger than ever. Carla Marinucci is political writer for the San Francisco Chronicle.
