Yahoo! News - Calif. Voters Back $3 Billion Stem Cell Measure
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A controversial California ballot measure that would fund a decade of stem cell research with $3 billion in state money was headed for a resounding victory on Wednesday, initial returns showed.

The initiative, which was endorsed by popular California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a move that put him at odds with his Republican party and the Bush administration, was carrying 59 percent of the vote with about 74 percent of precincts reporting.

Backers of the measure say the funding program would jump start scientific work that could help cure diseases and establish California as a hub for leading-edge research on a par with Singapore and Britain.

A bit of happy news that came out of "Dark Tuesday". Bless the people of California, they may have just saved millions of people from suffering. And, oh man I hate to say it, this has raised my opinion of Arnie quite a bit. He is willing to break from his party of Nasty Nazi's for the good of the people, a move that takes courage. Rock on Arnold.