This is the lesson of Arnold Schwarzenegger

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The reason Arnold Schwarzenegger won is that he rolled out the full-on bribes: some environment, some transportation, some public services, while at the same time running a smear campaign against Angelides. Schwarzenegger demonstrated that

Republicans who pretend to be Democrats can win.

Democrats had been acting like Republicans with less corruption for a long time and they were losing. When they started acting a little bit like Democrats they started winning again.