Schwarzenegger: Profile in no courage

Citing the Gulf of Mexico disaster, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has withdrawn his support for oil drilling off the central California coast, the Associated Press reports.

Speaking this afternoon at a news conference in Sacramento, Schwarzenegger, a Republican being termed out this year, said television images of the Gulf spill changed his mind about the safety of ocean-based oil platforms.

That's a 180-degree turn from Friday, when he backed drilling off Santa Barbara to help narrow the state's $20 billion budget deficit.

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I'm glad he finally got it right.

But, basically, he has no foresight and favors whatever is popular at the moment.