Jan. 5

　　After being sworn in on crutches for his second and final term as California governor today, Schwarzenegger is scheduled to outline a legislative agenda that includes corrections reform and new prison construction, additional spending on infrastructure projects, tougher environmental regulation, and a universal healthcare insurance proposal that includes coverage for children of undocumented workers. And judging from the early reactions, the stiffest resistance to many of those proposals likely will come from members of his own party.

　　"If you think about the possible obstacles to getting these things done this year, the word Democratic doesn't come to mind." says Fabian Nunez, state assembly speaker, who so far finds little to object to in Schwarzenegger's agenda. "We established a great working relationship with the Governor last year and I don't see why 2007 should be any different."

　　Republicans, on the other hand, are braced for battle. That plank adding the children of illegal immigrants to the healthcare plan Doomed, they say. Costly programs that rely on new taxes or financial schemes that balloon the current $5 billion structural deficit. Forget about it. “He's going to encounter lots of opposition from Republicans,” says Jon Fleischman, publisher of FlashReport an online digest of poitical news, commentary and blogs targeted to the California G.O.P.