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NATION
Thursday, October 9, 2003
THE BATTALION
Now, the hard part
Gov.-elect Arnold faces economy, job issues
Thursday, Oc
Protest
Continued
Bruce Chambers • KRT CAMPUS
Newly elected California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver celebrate his win early
Wednesday morning in Century City, Calif.
By Erica Werner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Gov.-elect Arnold
Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that he was prom
ised “a very smooth transition” by ousted Gov. Gray
Davis and vowed that he and his advisers would
“open up the books” as they begin to tackle
California’s ailing economy.
In his first news conference since being elected
governor, Schwarzenegger reiterated several themes
from the campaign trail, insisting that he will not
raise taxes and pledging to be a governor of the peo
ple. But he provided few specifics and said his tran
sition team will develop a plan in the coming weeks
about how to close a deficit of at least $8 billion.
“What we have to do is, open up the books ... do
the audit and find what the waste is,” the action
hero-tumed-politician said.
Schwarzenegger said he had spoken with an
array of leaders including Nelson Mandela of South
Africa and President Bush, who he said promised to
do “whatever is possible to help California.”
Schwarzenegger said he intended to ask Bush for “a
lot of favors.”
Schwarzenegger also said he was encouraged by
conversations with Davis and other state leaders
about the transition process. Schwarzenegger’s tran
sition team is being headed by Republican Rep.
David Dreier.
“I am very optimistic about working together
with the Democratic leaders in Sacramento,”
Schwarzenegger said.
The Republican actor will be sworn into the
office by mid-November, becoming California’s
38th governor.
Schwarzenegger has promised to fix California’s
ailing economy without raising taxes and while pre
serving education funding, which accounts for 40
percent of the state budget.
But his proposals will have to go through a
Legislature controlled by Democrats angry over
what some of them consider a hostile takeover of the
state’s top political job. And he will have to quickly
deliver a budget that can close the giant deficit.
It is an unusually fast transition, particularly for
a political neophyte who declared his candidacy just
two months ago.
“The last 60 days has been pretty difficult as
well, but I would say there’s probably never been a
governor elect who’s stepped into a situation with
the challenges he’ll be confronting here in
California. But that’s why he wanted the job”
spokesman Rob Stutzman said.
Schwarzenegger takes office as the Republican
Party’s lone statewide officeholder in a state where
the congressional delegation and both houses of the
Legislature are heavily Democratic.
And while the voters gave Schwarzenegger a
resounding victory, they lean Democratic, too—44
percent to 35 percent Republican.
"I think he’s in for a rude awakening to the fact
that he won't be able to get done all the things he has
said because politics just doesn’t work that way,”
said Fresno resident Don Lesher, 71, a registered
Democrat who voted yes on the recall and for
Republican Tom McClintock. “Unfortunately,
everybody is voting along party lines, rather th»
what’s best for the state.”
Still, more voters supported Schwarzenegger, 3h
million, than voted against recalling Davis, 3.5mil
lion — an outcome Schwarzenegger aides touted as
a mandate after weeks of predictions from
Democrats that the winner might triumph with a
small percentage of the vote.
“The fact that he got more votes than Gray Davis
puts him in a position of strength,” said Allan
Hoffenblum, a GOP consultant. “There’s going to
be some Democrats up there who are going to want
to play ball reasonably with Arnold
Schwarzenegger.”
With 99 percent of precincts reporting,
Schwarzenegger had 3,675,317 votes, compared
with 2,415,098 for Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz
Bustamante. On the recall question, 4,332,808 vot
ers, or 55.1 percent, were in favor of ousting Davis,
while 3,531,091, or 44.9 percent were opposed.
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