The reality is that the knee-jerk reaction by the governor's opponents to take him down is to call (Schwarzenegger) a Bush Republican,

If [Schwarzenegger] is rejected, it would be embarrassing. If he prevails, then he'll have a lot of momentum going into next year.

The donors the governor needs are in the business community. For them, the re-election announcement is an investment and a guarantee an insurance of some sort that he is going to stay around and work for them.

There are surprises that occur, and it would depend on how the case is presented before the court,

If it [constitutional amendment] passes, yeah, it will go into court in two seconds,

I think he needs to do it for two good reasons. It will invigorate the Republican base, which he sorely needs to do if he has any chance to win the special election. And it sends a positive message to the donor community that he's not going to cut and run.