CA DEMS: How does Angelides match up against Arnold?

[WI_DEM]

Is he the strongest choice in your opinion? and what do you see as his strengths and weaknesses?

Thank you.

[skipos]

1. Isn't this thread a day late?

Westly always did better against Arnie in the polls, but that doesn't matter now. Even though Angelides was shown to have more of a struggle in the general election, CA dems chose him. I hope he can win.

[WI_DEM]

2. According to Kos, Angelides insisted his name be taken off of

the DLC list when he saw it was on there as a member (good for him) while Westly apparently (again according to Kos) was the DLC candidate. Is this your perception?

p.s.
no it isn't a day late, I'm asking what Californians consider Angelides strengths and weaknesses going into the general election.

[Pithy Cherub]

3. Angelides has the organization.

Westly self-funded and even last night was droning on about trying to build a new coalition not relying on old constituencies. I voted for Angelides and persuaded others because of the fact that Westly used a corporate and pro-business outlook rather than the populist one Angelides used.

The unions that opposed Arnold so successfully backed Angelides.

[skipos]

4. DLC or no DLC I, like many others, didn't find them to be very different

Hence, I hoped the guy with the best chance of winning would get the nom. In my opinion, that did happen in Montana and Iowa last night. The Gropinator needs to go, and Angelides has struggled a bit in head to head matchups. Hopefully now that this primary is over, dems can be more unified. Arnie has celebrity/ incumbent status, and that is tough to top.

[blm]

5. Angelides has a strong rep as an ABLE administrator. Post Katrina, that

trait should go further than it would've. And post Enron convictions, I don't think Arnie will stand a chance without rigging machines.

And Californians are comfortable with Angelides - they've been voting him into office for a long time now - so his name recognition is higher than most officeholders. I haven't voted in LA since 98, but I still know Angelides credentials and how people trust him.

[tjwash]

6. They will just pull the same old stuff they always do.

They will pull the old trusty "tax and spend liberals", "the liberals are coming to take all your money", "the liberals want to raise all your taxes and force abortions on your children" crap that they always do. It will as usual, go down great with the prop 13 shit heads here in San Diego.

The thing is, anyone who starts the next term here is going to have to raise taxes. They just pushed through a huge bond to pay for things that we couldn't afford, because---taxes on the upper 10 percent and corps are not high enough. How the hell are we supposed to pay off the bond now if they don't raise taxes? Sell it to China?