Salon article: Arnold vs. Bush

[drumwolf]

Say what you want about Arnold, but I think he's a very savvy, astute politician, and (not that this is saying much) far smarter than Bush. So it is not a good sign for * if Arnold is keeping his distance.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/11/arnold_bush/print.html

But as Reagan makes his last trip back to California Friday night, the nation's two remaining best-known Republicans will once again go their separate ways. President Bush will be back in Washington, holding on tight to the hard right. And California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back in Sacramento, working deals with Indian tribes, labor unions and -- say it isn't so! -- Democrats as he wins the grudging admiration of even some voters inclined to see him more as a groper than a Gipper.

As president and governor, Bush and Schwarzenegger are reading from very different pages of the Ronald Reagan playbook. The question now, as the November election approaches: Will these star-power Republicans even be playing for the same team?

So far, at least, the answer appears to be no.

While Schwarzenegger certainly won't be campaigning for Sen. John Kerry, it's increasingly clear he won't play a major role in Bush-Cheney '04, either. Other Republican governors may clamor for face time with Bush, but Schwarzenegger has largely stayed away. When Bush visited California in March, Schwarzenegger steered clear of the president's public events, choosing to appear with him only at a private fundraiser. There are no Bush-Schwarzenegger appearances on the campaign schedule now, and it's not even clear whether Schwarzenegger will speak at the Republican National Convention.

[bagnana]

1. Arnold only won by portraying himself as a moderate repub.

If he makes appearances with or campaigns for an intolerant fundamentalist crusader that would tend to tarnish his image and hurt his reelection efforts. I think he is a repub all the way and he should be thrown out on his ass along with all of the other sniggering crooks who cheated California during the energy crisis.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Arnie was put up by the BIG ENERGY COMPANIES to....

cover up the mess in Cali!!!