Last night, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, gave his State of the State address. If you missed it, you can watch the video or read the transcript.

In the address, the governor outlined an ambitious, "post-partisan" agenda. In other words, he presented an agenda with something for everyone to dislike.

By the way, I've been searching the web for the term "post-partisanship" and found the definition in the inaugural speech the governor gave last Friday...

Post-partisanship is not simply Republicans and Democrats each bringing their proposals to the table and working out differences. Post-partisanship is Republicans and Democrats actively giving birth to new ideas together. I believe it would promote a new centrism and a new trust in our political system.

Apparently, between Friday and Tuesday, Republicans and Democrats got busy and gave birth to all sorts of centrist ideas. Like a proud father, Arnold showed us snapshots of the cuddly proposals that resulted from all of that post-partisan love. They included:

• establishing a Low Carbon Fueld Standard to reduce fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions
• implementing his Global Warming Solutions Act
• investing an additional $43.3 billion in correction facilities, education, disaster preparedness, and transportation
• reforming the health care system to provide coverage for all Californians
• changing the way the geographic boundaries of legislative districts are drawn

Of course, as we all know, cute proposals delivered during speeches often grow up to be ugly pieces of legislation or slacker bills that don't apply themselves and fail to reach their full potential.

For all of his ideas and optimism and flowery language (he compared California to ancient city-states like Athens and Sparta, for goodness sake), it would be nice to see at least some portion of Schwarzenegger's vision of the state's future become reality, but he faces tough opposition, primarily from members of his own party.

He may be post-partisan, his agenda may be post-partisan, and even the public may be post-partisan, but I have a feeling his fellow politicians are far from getting past their partisanship.