There are situations where almost no spin is necessary, and no counterspin is possible.  (Well, okay, in politics there will always be counterspin, but sometimes it really is spitting in the wind.)

As the San Francisco Chronicle notes:

But even the ever-optimistic Schwarzenegger will be unable to sugarcoat the disappointing election results, which show he had lost the overwhelming voter support he had just last year.

"This must be the worst defeat the governor has ever had,'' said Kevin Spillane, a GOP consultant. "It's not like having a movie that underperforms. This is going to be page one in every paper in California.

"Now, we have to see how he deals with defeat.''

Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California as a gimmick, to replace an uncharismatic, uncommunicative centrist Democratic governor who had been unable to deflect the blame for a myriad of state problems.  The recall campaign provided an opportunity for a grinning faux populist like Arnold to bamboozle enough Democratic voters in the context of an extremely condensed, extremely high profile campaign.

But now the good voters of California have awakened from their night out, and they have seen just who they decided to bring home.  And they want out.