Schwarzenegger defeated

I do not like the man's politics, but I have to admit to being impressed with his candor.

"The buck stops with me," the governor said in a televised news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, two days after the special election in which his proposals were defeated. "I take full responsibility for this election. I take full responsibility for its failure."
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"The message we got was very clear," Mr. Schwarzenegger said. "The people want us to take care of the job right here in this building and not go to them if things don't work out."
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"I should have also listened to my wife, who said don't do this," he said of Maria Shriver.

When was the last time you heard Bush apologize about his failures? Yeah, I don't remember either.

Schwarzenegger Says the Fault Is His - New York Times