Arnold Has Got California Written All Over Him

And It'll Only Cost About A Penny A Gallon?? - Geesh, I'd Pay 2 Cents !: "'What you're considering in California is much broader than anything being discussed in other states -- it's very significant,'' said Ned Helme, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Clean Air Policy, a nonprofit environmental think tank.

Sources at the state Environmental Protection Agency -- which is charged with writing the recommendations to achieve Schwarzenegger's goals -- say the proposal will call for a new charge on petroleum equal to less than a penny per gallon of gasoline. Conservative activists have begun to complain about the idea, branding it a gas tax. "

There he goes again, charming us progressives with ideas that seem like they flow from a rational human - not the thorough rattle-pate now drinking his nights away in the White House. At the moment, Arnold's certainly got my attention.