Opinion: In today’s pages: Schwarzenegger speaks, Carona cuts
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announces his support for Proposition 93, which would reform term limits:
It takes time to learn how to govern effectively. Under the current system, our elected officials are not given the time they need to reach their full potential as public servants. Just as they get seasoned in one house, they know their time is beginning to run out, and they must start positioning themselves to run for a new office.Imagine what would happen if we told a big-city police chief or a sheriff he could stay in the job just long enough to start mastering it and then had to move on. Or if we told teachers they had to switch careers just as they started to accumulate enough experience and wisdom to really connect with their students.
Also on the Op-Ed page, columnist Jonah Goldberg argues that in a democracy, Obama’s message of unity is overrated, and author Susan Faludi tells pundits to dump the ‘mommy’ model — Hillary Clinton’s appeal to female voters extends beyond maternal stereotypes. Cartoonist Bob Rogers provides a sneak peak at a historic Israeli-Palestinian agreement.
The editorial board cheers on the accelerated primaries schedule, and peeks through its fingers at plot developments between the studios and the Directors Guild:
Leaders of the directors union have said they think their talks with the studios can help end the strike ... here’s hoping the talks aren’t a red herring.
Finally, the board says good bye and good riddance to former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, who stepped down yesterday to continue fighting federal corruption charges.
Readers weigh in on ‘The Clinton conundrum.’ Alexandria Levitt notes, ‘It’s a sad fact that men can wear ambition a lot easier than women,’ while Bob Carlson asks,
Is it a net loss or a net gain when women are forced to exhibit the same characteristics that perpetuate our debased politics in order to wield influence? That’s the uncomfortable question Clinton’s candidacy forces us to confront.