Schwarzenegger MIA During Budget Battle -- and the Press Lets Him Get Away with It

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Where's Gov. Schwarzenegger been during the last two days as lawmakers sweat it out in Sacramento over the state budget impasse? Arnold has been in southern California, not talking about the state budget, but pimping a dead in the water (excuse the pun) plan to build expensive new dams and water systems around the state. (Note: the Governor's water plan has been rejected in the State Senate).
 
In fact, yesterday the Governor didn't even talk about the budget yesterday. And what's worse, the mainstream press is letting him get away with it. Only one question was asked yesterday by a reporter after the Governor concluded his remarks.
 
Schwarzenegger has been AWOL from the budget process this year, despite pleas from State Senate leader Don Perata to engage. The last "Big Five" meeting actually set budget talks backward, and the Governor has spent most of the last month in other parts of the globe and nation rather than rolling up his sleeves in Sacramento.

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