Nunez to Arnold: You Want it? You've Got It

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez have been sparring in the press over the relative merits of AB8 (the Democratic plan) and Arnold's plan, which has never made it into bill form. Heck, it hasn't even been fully fleshed out to actually be real legislation, rather than a policy paper. Since, Arnold never took the steps to find a legislator to carry it as actual legislation, Nunez announced today that he was going to do it for him. And he is going to put it up to a vote by midweek. SacBee:

"The governor has threatened to veto the Democratic bill and insists there's support for his concepts and we'd like to see if there is," said Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Núñez. Maviglio said the Assembly would aim for a Thursday or Friday vote next week, with the speaker as a possible author of the legislation.

It should go without saying that there is not a whole lot of support for the governor's plan. First of all, it is incomplete. Secondly, the Democrats rather like their plan and the Republicans don't particularly want to reform health care.

Assemblyman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, said there would be few, if any, GOP votes for Schwarzenegger's plan. "There is not a great deal of affection in our caucus for the total package of the governor's proposals," Niello said.

Neither Arnold nor the Democrats want to see this followed to it's logical conclusion: Arnold's bill fails in the legislature and then he vetoes AB8. There will be more negotiations. I am intrigued to see who all votes for Arnold's plan.