The truce ... could easily dissolve by November.

I think all of the candidates are ducking for cover as it relates to immigration. Whatever they do, they know it's fraught with peril on both sides.

In general, you really are looking at the best route to becoming governor. It's not a guaranteed route, but it's the best one. It gets you on the field.

The federal government's problems with the prescription drug program has been manna from heaven for Schwarzenegger. It gave him an opportunity to show he was doing his job.

It was hard enough to get money for these down-ballot offices before, and now with these new campaign limits, it's even harder.

They can only duck the issue for so long. One way or another, they're going to have to make some choices, but they're going to be trying to avoid that as much as possible for as long as possible.

It's a lose-lose for her. She has my sympathy.

Schwarzenegger needed a victory, and he didn't get it. But it's not the end of the world.

The Terminator is now acting like Gray Davis, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian. Yes, you do get re-elected when you're boring -- as all those people did.

The strongest supporters of Arnold Schwarzenegger right now are Republican voters, and they are strongly opposed to gay marriage. If the governor were to sign the legislation, the support would collapse among his base. It would negatively affect turnout for the special election, as well as badly damage his expected re-election campaign.