From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

A California drama without a Hollywood ending.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says he ran for governor to fix what is broken in California.

After yesterday's election, all he can do is pick up the pieces.

Five ballot measures suffered resounding defeat,

leaving the state with a deficit of $21 billion,

larger than the entire budgets of most other states.

The biggest state in the union

now faces massive cutbacks in health care, education, prisons, and other services. Will Washington

provide a bailout? Is the crisis due to a failure of leadership or the voters themselves?

If California is ungovernable, what does that mean for the rest of the country? On reporter's notebook later on, Missing Link as Media Blockbuster.

First, here's the news.

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whose contributors include the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation,

and the Rockefeller Foundation and its campaign for American workers. More at rockfound.org. Hello again. Warman Alney, back with To the Point. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has lost another round in his ongoing battle with his own Republican Party, the Democrats, and the voters of California. We'll look at yesterday's crushing election results and the bleak future of a state

with a deficit of $21 billion.

On reporter's notebook, a possible key to human evolution

rolled out in a book, a film, and an elaborate website,

not to mention a scientific article.

First, this news update.

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