As Arnold Schwarzenegger prepares to leave office, many have labeled his tenure as California's 36th governor a failure. Indeed, both major candidates in last month's gubernatorial election did their best to distance themselves from Schwarzenegger, and to negatively paint their opponent as the second coming of the "Governator."
But a strong case can be made that Schwarzenegger was, in fact, a remarkably successful governor, given the politics of his era and the state government and fiscal structure he inherited upon taking office in 2003. In many ways, he was actually ahead of his time politically.
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