Arnold Schwarzenegger

2009

California's Higher Education Crisis

Laila Lalami : Higher Education

Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts would be an unmitigated disaster for California's public universities.

The Race to Replace Arnold: Running on Empty

Marc Cooper : Democratic Party

The limp grassroots response to Democratic gubernatorial candidates reveals that the plummeting popularity of one party doesn't automatically translate into support for the other.

Hypocrisy Trumps Clemency

Bruce Shapiro : Anti-Death Penalty Movement

The refusal of the California governor, who built his fame feeding adolescent fantasies of killing, to grant clemency to a former gang leader who tried to dissuade kids from violence only adds to the widening discomfort over the death penalty in America.
Bringing Down the Bully

Robert Scheer : Electoral Politics

The lesson of the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's referendum revolution is this: The American people will not forever be fooled. The negative message of the Republican right has lost its power to terrorize voters.
Is the Terminator in Free-Fall?

Marc Cooper : California

Once seen as the vehicle of hope and reform, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger looks increasingly like an oil-burning jalopy of politics-as-usual.
Stumbling Schwarzenegger

Marc Cooper : California

The California governor's campaign to pass a series of ballot initiatives is off to a rocky start.
How Great Is the Gubernator

Lloyd Dangle
The Terminator Stumbles

Marc Cooper : Labor

Arnold Schwarzenegger now holds a markedly weakened hand.
Dr. Arnold's Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman

Alexander Cockburn : California

Schwarzenegger's Education Failures

Shane Paul Goldmacher : Education Policy & Reform

The Governor is setting two dangerous precedents for education in California.
And the Winner Is.... Schwarzenegger, Again

Marc Cooper : California

The biggest winner in Tuesday's polling was arguably Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger Just Acts Like He Cares for the Poor

Robert Scheer : California

Scripted campaign over, Arnold now aims to balance budget on backs of those who can least afford it