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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing a great job. Just ask him.

In a radio interview this week he said,"I made great decisions. I have no regrets at all. It's just the regret I have is that not everyone is seeing it exactly as I see it."

The Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert has the whole story and the interview.

A partisan group that did polling in the spring on the Fresno mayoral race also asked north-end respondents how they viewed Congressman George Radanovich.

The results can be interpreted two different ways: Radanovich is much more popular than Congress in general, or he could be vulnerable to a challenge from a well-financed Republican in the 2010 primary.

Here are the numbers from City Council District 2: very favorable 25%, somewhat favorable 32%, somewhat unfavorable 4%, very unfavorable 10%, no opinion 21%, never heard of 11%.

And for City Council District 6 residents: 33% very favorable, 25% somewhat favorable, 9% somewhat unfavorable, 10% very unfavorable, 18% no opinion, 5% never heard of.

Two possible challengers to Radanovich being chatted up among influential Republicans are California Assembly Minority leader Mike Villines of Clovis and state Sentate Minority leader Dave Cogdill of Modesto.

Update: Her Democratic party bosses have furthered punished Hanford Assembly Member Nicole Parra by killing her legislation for her final term in office. You can read the story here.

Democratic Assembly Member Nicole Parra of Hanford is going to the mat in defense of San Joaquin Valley agriculture by refusing to vote on the state budget until lawmakers put a water bond on the November ballot.

Though the bond proposal is flawed, I applaud Parra's decision to stand up to her party bosses, who booted Parra and her staff out of their office. Of course, her stand is made easier by the fact she terms out at the end of the year will become a lobbyist.

Parra undoubtedly will get considerable business from agricultural interests when she sets up shop.

Laugh of the Day: "Paris Hilton's mother is very upset because John McCain has put Paris in his campaign video. You know about this? He put Paris in his campaign video, and she's furious. Isn't that amazing? Of all the videos Paris Hilton has been in, this is the one mom's upset about?" -- Jay Leno

Quote of the Day: "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." -- Edmund Burke, 18th century Irish-born statesman