Whoa momma! Stick a fork in that Austrian turkey, because HE'S DONE. The fridge door is shut, the lights are off, the Jell-O's jigglin', and the Fat Lady is warming up in her dressing room.
All four of Herr Gropenfuhrer's propositions are going down in flames according to the Field Poll. And Field specifically states that it's Ah-nuld himself who's helping to send them to a deserved grave. More below the fold.
Here are the facts:
Prop 74: Yes 44%, No 50% Trend down 2 points from August
Prop 75: Yes 40%, No 50% Trend down 15 points from August
Prop 76: Yes 32%, No 60% Trend up 5 points from August
Prop 77: Yes 35%, No 51% Trend down 3 points from August
And guess who's been "a drag" on the four propositions? Yes, it's The Gropinator himself. 43% of all the people polled by the non-partisan Field Poll say that they are less inclined to vote for a proposition if Arnold is backing it, and only 24% say they are more inclined to vote for a proposition if Arnold is backing it. That's total. Basically if the GOP base in CA is 30% of the electorate, like some have suggested, Arnold has lost all the Dems, all the Indies, and he's starting to hemmorhage GOoPers.
The Hoover Institute poll, of course, contradicts this poll, as does SurveyUSA. But both of those are Repugnican push polls. It is telling that SurveyUSA has almost everything "too close to call."
Here's the rest of the story from the San Diego Union Tribune, hardly a liberal newspaper by any stretch.
Let's keep our guard up and Get Out The Vote next Tuesday. But we have reason to be optimistic.