He was a great speaker, and he wasn't...AWFUL, but no one looks back fondly at the Arnold administration.  Honestly Jerry Brown has exceeded my expectations by a thousand fold.  We're a tough state to manage.  If California seceded from the union, we would be the 7th largest economy in the world.  People forget the hundreds of miles of farms between LA and San Francisco that just happen to provide food around the world.  We are also beset by budget issues, and though we always vote blue nationally, there's a ton of rich republicans in Orange County that make political gridlock pretty regular.