Where's the beef? 

Where's the beef?

So Arnold apparently feels that Californian voters don't care about "the numbers" (meaning what he would actually do if elected), they just want to be convinced that he will do something. He seems to believe that he can convince them of that by repeatedly telling him that he will do something. Taxes are too high and we spend too much, he says, but he is studiously avoiding saying which taxes or services he will cut. So far, he is giving us no reason to vote for him. He is, of course, not much different from the other candidates, which leaves us in the uncomfortable position of wondering why we are going through this at all. Davis is just horrible, that's true. But we all knew that back in November, when most Californians who were eligible to vote once again did not. Now we are faced with the prospect of replacing him with somebody (not just Arnold, that "somebody" refers to all the candidates who won't tell us what they will do when elected) who is an unknown, has no allegiance to or from a party, and has no experience to prepare him or her to run one of the largest governments in the world. Although some see all of those factors as pluses and doubt that we could do any worse, I disagree. Whoever is our governor after this election has to be able to make changes. Somehow the deficit has to be narrowed, spending probably needs to be cut in some areas, and some taxes probably should be cut. How can we as voters decide if any candidate has a reasonable plan if they won't tell us what their plans are? Do any of the candidates actually have a plan? Or did they just have $3500 and a handful of signatures?