Schwarzenegger offers Bush help
Governor says he'll speak at convention, then lie low
New York Times
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has dazzled California with a string of legislative victories in his first months in office, has shown that he may well be a political master after all. And now he is letting President Bush know just how much he is -- and is not -- ready to devote his full star power to the national re-election effort.
Schwarzenegger, in an interview in the Bedouin-style smoking tent he has set up in the courtyard of the state Capitol -- smoking is banned in state buildings -- made it clear that he expected a prominent role at the Republican National Convention in New York in late August.
"Whether I'm speaking, I'll leave that up to them," said Schwarzenegger, who has emerged as perhaps the most intriguing new Republican face of the political season. "If they're smart, they'll have me obviously in prime time."
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