(Merc) Efforts to generate grass-roots support for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ``Year of Reform'' agenda fizzled today at the State Capitol at a tepid rally that drew anemic support.

With private security guards stationed along the Capitol grounds to fend off counter-protesters, only a few hundred Schwarzenegger supporters turned out for a "Thank You Arnold'' rally hosted by Hollywood actor Tom Arnold.

"You know he's doing a great job when you piss off the far right and the far left,'' Arnold told the crowd gathered in the shadow of the Capitol dome.

The small turnout was in stark contrast to the thousands of anti-Schwarzenegger activists who have organized boisterous protests across California at his political fundraisers.