Since he was put in office, Milbarge has been skeptical of Schwarzenegger's ability to improve the situation in California. To help ease him back to the blogging lifestyle and give him fodder for a counter argument, I'll copy this post that Phil Carter over at Intel Dump had up Wed.

Connie Bruck has an outstanding magazine-length political biography of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the June 28 issue of the New Yorker. Unfortunately, the article is not available online, but this Q&A with the article's author is available. The article has a lot of great stuff about California political history, and the ways that Arnold has broken from Sacramento's stale traditions in order to get things done. Like him or hate him, you have to admire his political effectiveness, because he's done more since last November than the past two governors to break gridlock in Sacramento. (Of course, the jury's still out on whether his policies are a good idea, but at least he was able to do something.) Check out the article, if you get the chance.

If you are wondering about the post title, don't ask. That's just how my mind works before it's had enough caffeine.