Ha-Ha

You have to like to see this. I hope someone remembered to take the laces out of Mickey Kaus’ shoes. (Speaking of Kaus, he argues that “you might say it’s time to take the fight to the courts–and there are valid constitutional arguments to be made, along Baker v. Carr lines, against partisan or pro-incumbent gerrymanders.” Yes, I can’t believe nobody has ever thought to do that before!)

By the way, I noted that the allegedly socially liberal, anti-“special interests” Republican engaged in a familiar bargain (which also explains his veto of gay marriage legislation):

Also on the ballot were four other initiatives. Voters were narrowly defeating Proposition 73, which would bar abortions for minors without parental notification. The state Republican Party promoted Schwarzenegger’s endorsement of the measure among evangelicals and other religious conservatives in a bid to boost turnout of voters who would back the rest of his agenda.

At this point, I guess we’re just haggling over the price. But now I can see why he’s such a darling of the bullshit-libertarian movement!

…Digby:

…may I just say how pleased I am that California voted down every single initiative yesterday, thereby shoving Schwarzenegger’s useless 70 million dollar special election down his throat. Even the parental notification for minors seeking abortion went down.

Schwarzenegger is toast. After watching Bush and him in action maybe people are finally beginning to move beyond the “dumbshit guy I’d like to hang out with” and “movie stars are, like, awesome” methods of choosing our leaders.