Ahnold May Be Toast

The latest word is that the Governor may be picking some lefty Democrat for his Chief of Staff, this a result of a shake up of his administraion. My gut feeling is that he's toast if he does such a thing and might well blow any chance he has for re- election. The lefty Democrats aren't likely to vote for him regardless, they'll vote for whoever the Democrat is, most of of them anyway. He might well alienate a lot of Republicans that would support him by such a choice. The key is how the "independent" or Decline to State voters would take such a choice. No way to say how they'll vote since they tend to be pretty wishy washy and fickle in their choices. Only time will tell how it will end up. As for me, if he reacts to his losses in the special election by moving to the other side, he'll lose a lot of the respect I had for him. Of course, I might well vote for the Libertarian Party candidate anyway.

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Speaking of shake ups, looks like local GOP Chair, Lori Metheny, resigned as a result of all the brouhaha with the local Republicans. I'm surprised she didn't resign sooner. Not taking sides here but when you generate such turmoil in an organization, it's probably best to get the heck out of Dodge.