Amazing what a difference two days makes, huh? After the unions triumphed in their combined opposition to Arnold's Very Special Election -- well, would you look at that? Sutter is settling with the striking healthcare workers and the state's decided not to try and increase nurse-to-patient ratios after all. To the victors go the spoils! (And here's Arnold: "Oh, if I could go back in time like the Terminator, I would have listened to Maria and not had this election in the first place." He has to cut it out with these lame references to his movies and the Kennedy family. It's not funny!)

Emboldened by Nov. 8? Or maybe just sick and tired of being sick and tired? Well, the San Francisco Unified School District has called for a strike vote next. Even that offer from Arlene Ackerman to resign early if they'd agree to settle didn't sweeten the pot enough for them? That must be some baaaaad contract they got.

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