Kevin Spillane Quotations

Frankly, a lot of insiders think it's the most important measure on the ballot. If it wins, it will be a victory for the governor, and a real defeat for the labor union bosses and their allies.

We can pull up our folding chairs, eat popcorn and watch the show.

The convention is in the wild-eyed grip of pragmatists. The conservatives who claimed to be speaking for a large number of party members couldn't back that up.

We can take out our popcorn and enjoy the show for the next three months.

The governor's looking for a success, and the voters aren't going to measure a success by the size of the bond. The details aren't as important as the public image of him having a success.

What was defeated yesterday was a caricature of Arnold Schwarzenegger, not the reality of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

There's still a feeling of exhaustion so soon after the November special election.

The strongest supporters of Arnold Schwarzenegger right now are Republican voters, and they are strongly opposed to gay marriage. If the governor were to sign the legislation, the support would collapse among his base. It would negatively affect turnout for the special election, as well as badly damage his expected re-election campaign.

The Terminator is now acting like Gray Davis, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian. Yes, you do get re-elected when you're boring -- as all those people did.

Schwarzenegger needed a victory, and he didn't get it. But it's not the end of the world.

It's a lose-lose for her. She has my sympathy.

They can only duck the issue for so long. One way or another, they're going to have to make some choices, but they're going to be trying to avoid that as much as possible for as long as possible.

It was hard enough to get money for these down-ballot offices before, and now with these new campaign limits, it's even harder.

The federal government's problems with the prescription drug program has been manna from heaven for Schwarzenegger. It gave him an opportunity to show he was doing his job.

In general, you really are looking at the best route to becoming governor. It's not a guaranteed route, but it's the best one. It gets you on the field.

I think all of the candidates are ducking for cover as it relates to immigration. Whatever they do, they know it's fraught with peril on both sides.

The truce ... could easily dissolve by November.