California at the Crossroads

Published February 5, 2009 4:00am ET



LAST JUNE, CALIFORNIA was abuzz over Tesla — the car, not the inventor. That Arnold Schwarzenegger could convince the makers of the high-end, electric vehicle to relocate from Bill Richardson’s New Mexico to the Golden State was hailed as skilled strong-arming by the strongman-turned-governator.

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