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Through an appearance on NBC's “Meet the Press” and through other actions of late, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has put the GOP on notice that he's the governor of every Californian and not just fellow Republicans. “I will run as an Arnold Republican, which is I am there to govern and to serve the people of California, meaning Democrats and Republicans, even though there are some on the right wing that are not happy about that,” Schwarzenegger told host Tim Russert about his bid for re-election. Good for Arnold. It's exactly the right message, and it comes at exactly the right...

Gov. Shwarzeneggar expected to make announcement on Tookie Williams Execution Clemency shortly according to Fox News.

Dear Governor: November 9, 2005 06:19 AM EST There is no such thing as a fusion candidate, no such thing as a bipartisan campaign or a non-partisan issue, and come election night, there are just two parties, one at the GOP HQ and one at the Dem HQ. There's a winners' party and a losers' party. Last night you were speaking to the losers' party. I didn't go. Why bother? The polls had shown for a few days that only Prop 75 had a chance (the measure to stop public employee unions from deducting political dues from their members' paychecks...

Team Arnold lost his Big Four measures -- Propositions 74 through 77 -- on the California ballot Tuesday because this band of political hired guns deserved to lose. They ran a cynical campaign. After Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's big recall-election win in 2003 and his successful fight in 2004 against some well-funded ballot measures -- like the two Big Casino measures and a three-strikes makeover that rode high in the polls until he opposed it -- the team figured he could sell anything to the California voter. So they didn't do a careful job of lining up initiatives with curb appeal...

TODAY, Californians are heading to the polls to vote on several major propositions that shall dramatically affect both the political and economic future of our state. We are following the activity and will report the results. California Propositions 2.8% of precincts reporting as of Nov 08 08:13 PM PST Results: http://www.sfgate.com/election/

<p>The outcome suggests that Schwarzenegger is not as good a negotiator as he thinks he is, or at least those skills weren't evident in this round. He was smart to demand more than he needed and then scale back from there. And he was smart to abandon the concept of a formula-driven spending cap. But in the end, he swung too far in the other direction. This looks as if his only bottom line was ending the negotiations with a deal, any deal. And now, to make it worse, he has begun to try to sell this package as more than it is. He should just admit the truth: this is the best he could get from the Democrats. It's a harmless first step but not nearly enough to achieve the goal he set for himself and the state. More work will have to be done.</p>

Arnold Schwarzenegger is displaying a distinctly non-tough guy approach to confronting his fellow candidates in the recall election. Mr. Schwarzenegger is planning to avoid this afternoon's televised recall debate (4-6 p.m.) and says he will participate in only one of the several other debates that are being scheduled for the weeks to come. The actor's campaign announced that he will be part of the Sept. 17 debate sponsored by the California Broadcasters Association, for which the candidates will get the questions in advance. That will allow candidates to prepare responses, making it easier to avoid gaffes from unexpected questions. That...

It is certainly no secret that the characters portrayed by movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the leading Republican candidate in the gubernatorial recall election, have an affinity for guns. Big guns. Powerful guns. Futuristic guns. A lot of guns of all types used in nearly every conceivable way to terminate, with extreme prejudice, human beings, aliens and a robot or two. To some Californians, that make-believe violenc e places a special responsibility on Schwarzenegger to clearly spell out his views on regulating the availability of real guns to real people -- something he began to do last week. Meanwhile, groups advocating...

Schwarzenegger Statement on the Endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association “I am honored to announce that I have received the endorsement of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. I would like to thank the members of the Association, because this means a great deal to me and to our campaign. “I have been a firm supporter of Proposition 13 for many years. I continue to strongly support it, and will continue to defend it. Think what a worse mess California would be in today if not for Prop. 13. “The Association and I worked together on Prop. 49 and now...

**World Exclusive** ABC NEWS has spiked an interview with a close associate of Arnold Schwarzenegger who went on camera and accused the California gubernatorial candidate of making racist comments back in the 1970s, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Charges of past racist comments by Schwarzenegger were leveled by Rick Wayne, a former bodybuilding star who is now the publisher of the St. Lucia Star. Wayne, who is black, told ABC NEWS that Schwarzenegger made the comments regarding South Africa's former Apartheid system: "If you gave these blacks a country to run, they would run it down the tubes." The interview...

<p>Gloria Allred, California’s most high-profile defender of women’s rights, is demanding that Arnold Schwarzenegger answer the “very serious questions” raised by his lurid 1977 boasting that he participated in a gang bang at Gold’s Gym in Venice. In an interview with the L.A. Weekly, the Los Angeles lawyer and feminist who is founder and president of the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund added her outrage to what inexplicably has yet to become a real controversy over the candidate’s sexual history and attitudes.</p>

Back to top What is your position on undocumented immigrants? I came to California 35 years ago because I saw this state as the best place on earth to fulfill my dreams. Immigrants contribute to the richness of life in California, and I embrace them. Border enforcement is a federal responsibility. However, state taxpayers currently bear the costs of providing public services to undocumented immigrants, such as incarcerating undocumented immigrants in the state prison system. I will work with other border states, the President, and the U.S. Congress to increase federal reimbursements for these costs. Proposition 187 has been resolved...

Schwarzenegger Wrong for Gun Owners, Wrong for CaliforniaBy David Codreacodrea4@adelphia.netAugust 28, 2003“Where else do gun owners have to go?”—Former Republican Party National Chairman Lee AtwaterKeepAndBearArms.com -- In their zeal to rid California of the catastrophic Gray Davis and to prevent the equally loathsome Cruz Bustamante from assuming the governorship, the Golden State’s “centrist” Republican establishment has cast its lot with Arnold Schwarzenegger. On the surface, their reasoning is obvious. Famous, rich, successful, admired by millions, the superstar actor had but to cast his hat into the ring to command international attention and a multitude of star-struck followers—without ever defining where...

McClintock for governor Posted: August 29, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. – I rarely endorse politicians for office. As editor of WorldNetDaily, I have never endorsed a presidential candidate. I don't routinely get involved in these races mainly because I think they are overrated in terms of actually changing the nation's direction. But when a choice arises that is so stark in contrast, it's difficult to be silent. In fact, I think it's wrong to be silent. That is the case with the California recall of Gov. Gray Davis. Surely Davis has to go. Practically everyone...

NewsMax.com WiresFriday, Aug. 29, 2003Also see: How the L.A. Times' Pro-Bustamante Poll Is Bogus.WASHINGTON – If you watched the 24-hour news channels Wednesday, one of the things you did not see was hour-by-hour coverage of the California electorate's tremendous swing toward millionaire movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger. According to a new KPIX/KCBS poll of 500 registered voters statewide, support for the recall of Democrat incumbent Gov. Gray Davis has also soared dramatically. The poll, conducted for the CBS affiliate in San Francisco by Survey USA, shows that 45 percent of the voters want Schwarzenegger to be the state's next governor....

<p>LOS ANGELES — A group that has led the fight against tax increases in California endorsed Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor Thursday, providing a big boost to the actor's candidacy by vouching for his hostility to tax hikes.</p> <p>The Howard Jarvis Taxpayer's Association faxed its endorsement to Schwarzenegger's campaign early Thursday. Fox News obtained a copy of the letter, which the Schwarzenegger campaign is due to release later in the day.</p>

WARNING: The page you have accessed is dependent on JAVASCRIPT which is not supported by your browser. Due to this limitation, you may experience unexpected results within this site. Clintonism Saves Schwarzenegger You won't believe what Arnold told Oui magazine in 1977. What's more unbelievable? In today's political environment, it may not matter.by Bill Whalen 08/29/2003 12:20:00 AM WHICH DESERVES MORE ATTENTION: Arnold Schwarzenegger talking issues, or a 26-year-old issue of a "gentleman's" magazine in which the former Mr. Universe boasts how he-men and hedonism go hand in hand? Watch for the public and press to struggle with this--and...

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