Can Arnold stand up to the textbook publishers - and win?

The 2006 Whitehouse Gov Budget reports that we as a nation spend 21% of the GDP on textbooks if combining Elementary through Post Grad in every state in the nation. The average publisher spends $1.5M annually in lobbying costs.

Will Arnold be able to finally do what no other politician has been able to do and stand up to the text book pubishers?

Here are the Governators top four demands to the Legislature:

-Making school textbooks available in digital formats, freeing "hundreds of millions of dollars that could be used to hire teaches and reduce class sizes."

• Using privately run correctional facilities as part of an effort to reduce the cost of prisons.

• Giving local governments more opportunity to run things without interference from Sacramento.

• Giving school districts more flexibility "and not tie their hands with strict rules like who is allowed to mow the lawn or fix the roof or do the plumbing."