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Is there a context that makes Arnold Schwarzenagger's win in the recent California recall election a logical extension of current voting trends? Some Democrats in California saw the recall election as a far right campaign to frustrate the will of the people; some Republicans perceived it as a manifestation of their improving ability to bring their message to the people. In the James Gould Cutler lecture, on February 19, 2004, at William & Mary Law, Professor Samuel Issacharoff offered a third perspective. He contended that Schwarzenagger's election was the product of rebellion of center voters against the perceived closing off of the political process through the increasing polarization of the positions of the two majority parties.  Read the full story ...