The entrenched left-wingers in the state assembly are angry toward Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, so this shows he is doing his job; after all, these are the same people who opposed him in the recall election and put the state in red to begin with.

As an outsider, the governor promised to change the way our state government runs things and change is exactly what the establishment opposes, because big change involves accountability.

Take some of the propositions endorsed by the governor for the special election, made necessary because of the refusal of the legislature to carry out the will of the people.

Currently, the probationary period for public teachers lasts one to two years before they can get permanent or tenured status. Schwarzenegger wants to pass Proposition 74, which in one of the provisions would extend the probationary period to five years in order to make sure these employees are up to the job.

The teachers’ unions say the bill is “anti-teacher” and was designed solely to “punish teachers.” Such baseless allegations are an insult to teachers everywhere.

Schwarzenegger noted that in 2000, more than 61 percent of voters approved of banning gay marriage, and he said that he would not go against their will.

In fact, since it was an initiative that passed the marriage ban, it would have been illegal to rule against it.

Some might go as far to claim what he did was representing the will of the people, rather than radical politicians.

With most of his time fighting heavy-handed government unions, Schwarzenegger, elected with more than a million votes over his opponents, doesn’t have time to tout his acts of bipartisanship.

Despite Schwarzenegger’s leftist views on gun control, abortion, stem cell research and generous environmental protection reforms, liberals still attack him, trying to make him out to be the stereotypical cold-blooded Republican. Such a stance automatically should push him to at least a conservative independent.

Actor Warren Beatty recently called him a “Republican right-wing spokes model” and his wife, Annette Benning, called the special election “dangerous.”

Schwarzenegger is stuck in a battle with the old deficit spending left wing establishment who was never on his side to begin with.

If Schwarzenegger had terminated his ambition to run for another term, he would have given the power back to the radical politicians and corrupt government unions who have been throwing the state into financial and social turmoil for years.