Schwarzenegger Muscles In
The real travesty in the California recall circus is not that Arnold Schwarzenegger, an underqualified actor with an overinflated ego, may be the state's next Governor but that the recall election is happening at all [NATION, Aug. 18]. Both political parties have abdicated their responsibility to come up with tough solutions to the state's budget deficit, opting instead for the political cop-out of recalling Gray Davis. A recall is supposed to be an emergency measure to allow voters to remove corrupt officials. In California it is being subverted to remove an unpopular Governor. I fear this precedent may...