Can a Democrat, come the November election, topple Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California? In theory, the Democrats have a perfect right to fancy their chances: they have a healthy advantage in voter-registration; they dominate both houses of the state legislature; and the megastar governor, anxious to appeal to his Republican base, proved so woefully out of touch with popular opinion that his approval rating slumped from 65% in August 2004 to 35% in November 2005.
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