Three weeks ago, I wrote on the fact that Republicans only demand state redistricting fairness in states where they are in the minority, and if it ever came up in a state where such a measure would lose seats, they’d be against it. Well, look no further for evidence–from CNN via DKos:

Ohio Republicans are so angry about the Terminator “meddling” in their state that the issue has been discussed at private meetings in the Capitol and prompted them to enlist the aid of House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois). Hastert confirmed to the Grind that he had spoken to Schwarzenegger “a couple of times” about the issue, before the California governor officially endorsed the Ohio proposal on Oct. 19.

Still, veteran Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Ohio) dismissed Schwarzenegger’s ability to convince voters to support the redistricting measure in his state. “He is governor of California, not Ohio,” Regula said. Regula might be right. A poll on Ohio’s ballot initiatives released by the University of Akron’s Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics last month, shows that nearly half of likely voters oppose the new redistricting measure.

The irony here is that the measure has a better chance to pass in Ohio than it does in California–talk about a GOP power play coming back to bite them in the ass! The Governator’s other measures seem bound for defeat as well, including the restriction on unions and political donations (while no corresponding initiative for corporations is present) and the budget plan. The only initiative that even seems close to passing is the increase in years required for a teacher to get tenure (because those darn teachers are way too well-paid, right?), and that measure only has 45% support–5% better than Schwarzenegger himself is rated.