Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Arnold Chronicles -- Chapter 1. Arnold and the Recall -- The Davis Debacle -- Background -- The Issa Intervention -- Arnold's H-Bomb -- The Schwarzenegger Persona -- That's Entertainment! -- Down the Stretch -- Total Recall 2: Judgment Day for Gray Davis -- After the Recall -- What Kind of Election Was the Recall? -- The New Governor: Arnold as Reagan 2? -- 2. The Four Phases (Faces?) of Arnold -- Act One: Arnold, Conan the Conqueror -- Act Two: 2005, Pride, Over-Reaching, and A Sophomore Slump -- The 2005 Special Election -- A Flawed Theory of the "People's Machine?" -- Arnold's Apocalypse Now? -- Act Three: 2006 & 2007, Conan the Comeback Kid -- Picking Up the Pieces -- Successful Second Term Start-up -- Act Four: Fading Away, Arnold W. Bush? -- 3. The Schwarzenegger Legacy -- Summary -- Part II. California Politics -- 4. The Structure of California Politics - From Hiram Johnson to the Present -- Hiram Johnson and the Progressive Era (1910-1930) -- The Great Depression (1930-1942) -- Earl Warren and the Post-War Era (1942-1958) -- The Pat Brown Era (1958-1966) -- The Reagan and Early Conservative Coalition Era (1966-1974) -- The Jerry Brown Era and Proposition 13 (1974-1982) -- The Post-Proposition 13 Conservative Era (1982-1992) -- The Current Democratic Era (1992- ) -- 5. The Structure of California Politics - Political Structures Affecting California Politics -- The Initiative -- The Early Initiatives -- Early Post-World War II Initiatives to 1963 -- The Conservative Initiative Era 1964-1994 -- Other Issues -- Initiative Activity -- Structural Items Involving the State Budget -- The 1933 Two-Thirds Budget Rule -- Other Items Affecting the Budget -- General Budget Issues -- The Recall -- 6. California in the 2010 Election And Beyond -- Administrative Issues for the 2010 Election.

The Economic Crisis -- Infrastructure -- Education -- Prisons and the Correctional System -- Environment -- Healthcare -- Summary -- Political Issues for the 2010 Election -- Partisan and Dysfunctional Legislature -- Institutions That Create a Dysfunctional System -- Solutions -- The May 19, 2009 Special Election -- Redistricting - Proposition 11 -- The Open Primary -- The Complete Overhaul -- The Way Forward from 2010 - Red State versus Blue State Culture -- Part III. California in 2010 -- 7. California Statistical Trends - The Six Regions of California -- Regional Changes from 1958 to 2010 -- The North and Central Coast Goes Left -- The Central Valley Cities: Tom Joad Becomes a Republican? -- Los Angeles County: From Iowa by the Sea to Baywatch to a Hispanic City -- Southern California: The Good Life Endangered - or Enlarged? -- Rural California: Red Country in a Sea of Blue -- Ethnic and Social Groups in California -- A Note on White Voters -- Asian-Americans: Affluent, Educated, Assimilated -- Demographic Background -- Asian Politics -- Statewide Asian Voting Trends, 1958-2008 -- California Blacks: Struggle and Triumph -- Demographic Background -- Black Politics since 1932 -- Hispanics: The Sleeping Giant Awoken -- Demographic Background -- Hispanic Politics from 1960 -- Summary -- Summing Up: The Future of Ethnic Politics in California -- The Voter Registration Paradox -- 8. Gubernatorial Profile and the Candidates -- Gubernatorial Profile -- Backgrounds -- Successful Political Models -- Prior Occupations -- Summary -- Candidate Biographies -- Democrats -- Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. -- Dianne Feinstein -- John Garamendi -- Gavin Newsom -- Antonio Villaraigosa -- Republicans -- Tom Campbell -- Steve Poizner -- Meg Whitman -- 9. Handicapping the Horse Race -- Issues Impacting the 2010 Election -- The Economy and the State Budget -- Education.

Public Safety -- Health -- The Candidates -- Recent Polling -- The Democrats -- The Republicans -- The November Election -- Appendix 1. California Census Data, 1960 to 2010 -- Appendix 1A. California/USA Census Data, 1960, 1980 and 2000 -- Appendix 1B. Los Angeles City & County by Ethnicity, 1960 to 2008 -- Appendix 1C. California's Growth, 1850-2000 -- Appendix 1D. Assembly & Senate Trends, 1950-2008 -- Appendix 2. Summaries of California Partisan Voting for President, Governor and US Senate, 1958-2008 -- Appendix 3. Key California Propositions, 1958 to 2008 -- Bibliography.