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Bialosky and Sloan were certain there were enough high-level Jewish Republicans in Los Angeles and other parts of the state that Jewish concerns would be heeded in the new administra- tion. Urban analyst Joel Kotkin dis- agreed, saying he foresaw a "pretty heavy gentile administration" with a concomi- tant loss of Jewish clout. Experts said they doubted Schwarzenegger's victory would do much to strengthen Republicans nation- ally. But "it's a big morale booster for the beleaguered White House," said political scientist Raphael Sonenshein, of California State University in Fullerton. The Republican victory could also end up energizing Democrats, Sonenshein said, because the Davis recall has "enraged thousands of Jewish and other Democrats, who will redou- ble their efforts to beat Bush at the next election." Sonenshein predicted that the 2004 national election "will be the closest to a civil war we've had since the Civil War." - The president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, John Fishel, said a Schwarzenegger adminis- tration's real impact on California Jewish communities might be in economic terms, especially if deep budget cuts lower state support for Jewish and other social welfare agencies. Jewish voters apparently were little influenced by charges that the Austrian- born Schwarzenegger, whose estranged father joined the Nazi Party during World War II, harbored admiration for Hitler when he was younger. Schwarzenegger repeatedly has dis- avowed any support for his father's political views. Over the weekend, Schwarzenegger's campaign released a transcript of an interview 25 years ago in which the actor said, "In many ways I admired people — It depends for what. I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. And I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for his way of getting to the people and so on. But I didn't admire him for what he did with it." , Rabbi-Advisor The governor-elect has long supported the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance, both as a donor and as a speaker on behalf of tolerance. "Arnold has been our No. 1 supporter in the entertainment industry, and he is certainly an anti- Nazi," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the center's associate dean. On election night, Rabbi Cooper Schwarzenegger agreed to join the tran- sition team managing the changeover from Davis to Schwarzenegger. Analyst Kotkin, who said Jewish influence in Sacramento would wane as a result of the Schwarzenegger victory, put most of the blame for the change on Jewish leaders who, he said, "had ignored their own tradition by making comfortable deals with Davis, an amoral politician who debased the political cul- ture of California." Kotkin said that if the Democratic establishment had not pressured top- ranking Democrats to stay out of the recall race to keep support for Davis strong, stronger candidates like Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is Jewish, "would have creamed Schwarzenegger." Kotkin estimated that 30 percent of Jewish voters cast their ballots for Schwarzenegger, an unusually high fig- ure for a Republican in California. As euphoria spread among C 1 ifornia Republicans after Tuesday's election, Jewish Democrats sought whatever silver lining they could find in the news about the new governor. Howard Welinsky, chairman of Democrats for Israel, said that while Schwarzenegger's agenda was unknown, the Jewish community had had excellent relations with the state's previous Republican governor, Pete Wilson, who served as Schwarzenegger's chief adviser. Daniel Sokatch, executive director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance, hoped the election results would fire up liber- als. He noted that other elected state offices, the legislature, and the House and Senate delegations still have Democratic majorities. Jewish Democrats could find some modest consolation in the overwhelm- ing defeat of Proposition 54, which was opposed by almost all Jewish organiza- tions: The measure would have stopped the state from collecting and using most racial and ethnic data. Opponents feared that passage of the proposition would have hampered efforts to stop racial profiling and encourage affirmative action. But, as John Pitney, professor of gov- ernment at Claremont McKenna College, observed, even this victory "was a small wisp of balm on a large wound." ❑