by dday [courtesy of Calitics: Soapblox California - Front Page]

Arnold Schwarzenegger has finally managed to bring people with differing viewpoints together to agree in a post-partisan fashion.  See, nobody likes his revised budget plan, as Bob Salladay reports.  Conservatives think that it doesn't go far enough, spends too much, and relies on too many shaky budgeting gimmicks, like privatizing the lottery for a short-term cash infusion.  Democratic leaders have rightly called it mean-spirited and cruel for slashing aid to the poor and cutting public transit funding, among other things.  The state's pundit class has sneered at the cynical nature of saying that you could balance the budget responsibly to begin with.  And the Legislative Analyst's Office, who are supposed to play it right down the middle, criticize the revision as well.