Californians Dig the Long Ball & Schwarzenegger Delivers
Dan Weintraub’s column this weekend about the Governor’s public works plan uses a baseball reference that I’d like to play off of for this post. His full piece is here, but this is the money paragraph:
"Schwarzenegger’s signature proposal for the coming year, then, is not a return to the small-ball he played in his first year in office. It’s every bit as audacious, in its own way, as the agenda he laid out in year two. And it might be just as difficult to achieve."
Swinging for home runs is in the Governor’s nature. This is a man who has aspired to big dreams and ideas all his life — training for a Mr. Universe Title, perseverance to become a successful businessman and studying to be a movie actor.
To paraphrase the Governor’s State of the State speech — Californian’s have big dreams and that is what makes them unique to… Read More