March 27, 2007

Mr. Big Stuff

Here is an interesting aside from Schwarzenegger during his q and a with the Fresno Rotary Club Monday. I do think there's evidence that this is what motivates him, more than left or right, big business or enviros. He wants to do big stuff. Always has. It's in his DNA.

The clip:

"I always said that when I go in and do my job as governor, I don't want to just solve little problems. I want to take those big problems that have been hidden under the rug and have not been addressed because they're politically risky. I don't care if it's politically risky. I think, I always said, that political courage is not political suicide. You've got to tackle those things head on, you've got to talk about it, you've got to put the spotlight on it, you've got to rally people around you, you've got to get everyone together. And this is why I said I need your help. I think the more pressure that all of you put on the legislature to make sure that they understand that above the ground water storage is important, and that we fix the Delta is important, that those things are important issues for the future of California, the more it will actually happen, because in California -- in Sacramento, I should say -- the squeaky wheels get the grease. So you'd better recognize that, and this is why it is important that you put the pressure on them.

Posted by dweintraub on March 27, 2007 8:55 AM