We suppose that is because here in California we have a large number of problems all at the same time. Gray Davis has been unable to solve them but none of the 135 or so candidates had any real ideas about how to solve them either.

But Arnold, the Terminator, has many times (at least on film) faced insurmountable problems and quickly solved them. We think that about half of California's voters felt, at least subconciously, that Arnold would immediately solve all of our problems even if he had to use automatic weapons and explosives to do it. Not only that, but the only harm would come to the bad guys and the rest of us good guys would suffer no collateral damage.

Doesn't this fit the "strict father frame"?

Bev and Jerry