I think anybody familar with the SAG would tell you that it’s more difficult to manage than even the state of California. 
Or so I’ve read.
Schwarzenegger had a long-standing record of financial success and accomplishment (real estate and bodybuilding primarily) long before he bacame an actor, and then was then became involved in the financial and promotional aspects of his films, serving as executive producer on, IIRC, at least a couple of his films. He had, as he has shown since becoming governor, become very knowledgeable in handling finances and negotiations and was a very effective people manager by the time he was elected governor.
You don’t? Are you kidding me? If her husband hadn’t been president no one would have ever heard of her. And what qualifications did she bring to the table apart from what she gained riding Bill’s coattails? And do you really think New Yorkers didn’t think that she brought with her some major political influence due to her husband’s status and connections?
Well, those are a couple of major obstacles for most candidates, aren’t they?
She seems to have that reputation, but frankly I’m a hell of a lot less impressed with her intelligence and capability since the primary election than I expected to be. She showed herself to be very incapable of thinking on her feet; adjusting her game plan; getting her message across believably and effectively; and in gaining a nomination that she had previously been a shoo-in to win.
And of course this is not to mention the healthcare fiasco that she instituted and managed during her husband’s first term, nor the blatant dishonesty and outright lies with which she conducts campaigns and lives her daily life.
I don’t believe that. He certainly didn’t do it solely and nakedly with the primary purpose of becoming president, and he wasn’t elected by the people of California with the expectation that he would bail as soon as a higher office or politically expedient cabinet post arose.
To my chagrin, you are correct.
Nope. Like most of what I do around here, I was giving my opinion.
Well, perhaps this is one of the reasons they get called bozos.
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Do you have any factual, concrete reason for alleging that she did not provide quality representation?
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Yes, but you won’t like it. I read it on these boards during the Democratic primaries. I recall reading her meager record of accomplishment but don’t recall the specific thread. Sorry.
Nope.
Because in my opinion the only reason she ran for office in New York was to gain an acceptable patina to run for president, and now that an opportunity has arisen to try to gain additional patina elsewhere, she off like a shot. She has no loyalty to New York and never has…in my opinion, that is.
I would imagine you’re right. Seeing as how they elected her knowing she had no real interest in the job and was only using it (and them) as a stepping stone to higher office, it wouldn’t be surpising to see them root for her to be landing on a new stepping stone now. This is largely why some of us think they’re bozos.
If they left the public eye, perhaps. Other than that, no.
Fair enough.