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Can Schwarzenegger Make Good on Promises?
Aired October 17, 2003 - 15:12 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: He proved the critics wrong and won an historic recall election for California governor. But the campaign may have been the easy part for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who now must assemble a team and implement a strategy for governing his state.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WOODRUFF (voice-over): Lots of promises from the candidate.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR-ELECT: For starters, I will repeal the Democrats' 300 percent increase in the car tax.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
WOODRUFF: And some post-election bravado from the governor- elect, sounding confident that the president will send money his way.
SCHWARZENEGGER: He promised me that he will do everything possible to help California. And so I'm looking forward to working with him and asking him for a lot, a lot of favors.
WOODRUFF: But now no bankable pledges from George W. Bush.
SCHWARZENEGGER: He didn't make any promises of anything specific, because I didn't ask him for anything specifically.
WOODRUFF: Schwarzenegger sounded almost humble yesterday, arguing, like many a governor before him, that his state gives more to Washington than it gets in return and says he hopes to work with the feds on a range of issues.
SCHWARZENEGGER: If it is with our transportation, if it is with job creation, if it is getting money for maybe undocumented immigrants or something, we will go out with many, many different requests.
WOODRUFF: For his part, the president has showered the governor with plenty of praise.
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to be a strong and fine leader for California.
WOODRUFF: But no promises. Bush has his own economic problems. Schwarzenegger says he expects yesterday's powwow was the first of many. But, for now, he's now preparing to hunker down with Democrats like the outgoing Gray Davis. The two men will sit down in Sacramento next week. The incoming Republican says he has yet to reach out to labor leaders, some of Davis' strongest supporters.
SCHWARZENEGGER: It's not time for me next to go and do the next thing, like reaching out to unions and all that. But I will. Absolutely, I will.
WOODRUFF: Another vow of bipartisanship, as governing for real looms ever closer.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 17, 2003 - 15:12 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: He proved the critics wrong and won an historic recall election for California governor. But the campaign may have been the easy part for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who now must assemble a team and implement a strategy for governing his state.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
WOODRUFF (voice-over): Lots of promises from the candidate.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR-ELECT: For starters, I will repeal the Democrats' 300 percent increase in the car tax.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
WOODRUFF: And some post-election bravado from the governor- elect, sounding confident that the president will send money his way.
SCHWARZENEGGER: He promised me that he will do everything possible to help California. And so I'm looking forward to working with him and asking him for a lot, a lot of favors.
WOODRUFF: But now no bankable pledges from George W. Bush.
SCHWARZENEGGER: He didn't make any promises of anything specific, because I didn't ask him for anything specifically.
WOODRUFF: Schwarzenegger sounded almost humble yesterday, arguing, like many a governor before him, that his state gives more to Washington than it gets in return and says he hopes to work with the feds on a range of issues.
SCHWARZENEGGER: If it is with our transportation, if it is with job creation, if it is getting money for maybe undocumented immigrants or something, we will go out with many, many different requests.
WOODRUFF: For his part, the president has showered the governor with plenty of praise.
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to be a strong and fine leader for California.
WOODRUFF: But no promises. Bush has his own economic problems. Schwarzenegger says he expects yesterday's powwow was the first of many. But, for now, he's now preparing to hunker down with Democrats like the outgoing Gray Davis. The two men will sit down in Sacramento next week. The incoming Republican says he has yet to reach out to labor leaders, some of Davis' strongest supporters.
SCHWARZENEGGER: It's not time for me next to go and do the next thing, like reaching out to unions and all that. But I will. Absolutely, I will.
WOODRUFF: Another vow of bipartisanship, as governing for real looms ever closer.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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