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Paul over at Heretical Ideas raises an interesting point, though it's really the point of his post.

QUICK NOTE - Here's Bustamante's comments once the election was over. Hopefully Arnold's term doesn't turn into a huge mess because of this guy: "Arnold, you're very famous for making movies all over the world. I want you to feel free to continue doing that. Go where you like. Feel free to stay as long as you like. I'll be here keeping an eye on things. I may not be moving across the hall to the governor's office but I'm not going anywhere." I think Arnold's going to have to lay down a few ground rules once he moves in. "I'm not a puppet!"

There's already been much made of the fact that Arnold is going to need to deal with a possibly angry, mostly democratic legislature. I never really though about the Bustamante / Schwarzenegger dynamic. The Lt. Governor is the guy who lost to Arnold, and of a different party.

While it's an interesting conflict, the fact is that under Davis, Bustamante was all but invisible and, his hubris aside, I don't really foresee Bustamante becoming a power broker in Sacramento. I have a feeling he'll go back to being what he was under Davis - mostly out of the way.