[nickcarraway]

standing by a promise to toe a conservative line on fiscal matters while veering leftward on social issues

Who is being fooled here? Schwarzenegger is farther to the left on fiscal issues than sociual issues.

[spinestein]

Perhaps we could get Governor Arnold's opinion on what the Democrats could do to expand the size of their pup tent.

Presumably he would say they should move their fiscal policies away from Socialism and more toward supply-side economics but I guess that wouldn't be received very well in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily (or in The New York Times for that matter).

[x]

Apparently, Arnie has a very European way of looking at things. A wiser American politician would look at the situation of the country itself and ask what should be done, rather than procede from abstractions of questionable meaning like "left" and "right."

[OldFriend]

Arnie and Christie Witless....perfect together.

[byteback]

The article doesn't say what Arnie means by left so it could mean anything. What is left on the environment? I'm sure he doesn't mean anti business, anti competition so what does he mean? If he's looking at gay marriages apparantly he didn't watch the last election returns on those props.

[EGPWS]

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview, that the US Republican Party should move "a little to the left", a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters.

Sounds like a true conviction for what conservatism stands for!

Arnie, why didn't you run under the RINO party if you feel this is how one gains enough support to achieve office?

1. What I need as a politician to maintain a political base.

2. What I need to maintain favor to maintain my power structure by following groups of people instead of maintaining an attitude of professing what is right and leading the people.

3. What I need to do to guarantee my reelection.

4. Gaining PAC support as to divest myself from having to use my own finances to maintain my power.

5. Creating government issues which requires the signature of the Governor on correspondence required to be sent to a majority of the public of California explaining good things happening on the publics behalf as to give name recognition to the public using the public finances.

It's time to stop trying to deceive the public and create a third party....The "RINO" party.

[joesnuffy]

Ahnold really means he wants the GOP to GO LEFT at a much faster rate than it already is...going

The GOP just isn't making enough 'progress' for the likes of Ahnold....the Austrian....

How far left.... of our founding father's intent...is the GOP anyway...somewhere near where the DNC was about 20 yrs ago?

Is the Founding Father's "intent' even visible in our nations peripheral vision anymore?

[Tempest]

WE should fake a left step much like Hilary has faked her right step. That would make things fun and make the ultra-leftist scream even louder.

[F16Fighter]

RINO Ahnold: "This [moving politically left] would immediately give the party 5 per cent more votes without it losing anything elsewhere."

Spoken like a true Democrat in sheep's clothing -- and as delusional and arrogant.

THIS is what the Californian fraught upon themselves when they supported this fraud instead of a real Republican.

[No Dems 2004]

Um, my advice to Arnie is to go a little to the right. Then he'll have a better chance at higher office!

[paul51]

Go left

Sounds good. If we do that we should be able to win a couple of presidential elections, gain control of the senate and house,......hmmmm....wait a minute....didn't we.....

[Fiddlstix]

One word:

RINO

[Recovering_Democrat]

Just cut taxes, Arnold, and don't worry about running a national party, okay?

[zerosix]

Gee, does that mean that Republicans need to embrace abortion and gay rights?

Those are whom we conservative Republicans refer to as RINOs. They only pretend to be Republicans and usually also wind up voting for tax increases.

[sully777]

Pete Wilson Part II

[Kurt_D]

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested in a German newspaper interview, that the US Republican Party should move "a little to the left", a shift that he said would allow it to pick up new voters. Well, what about selling your soul to the devil? Maybe Arnie should read Faust again. As a native German-speaker he can thoroughly enjoy the original version and find out what happened to the infamous Dr. Faust.

[Ruth A.]

Proof that Arnold is not ready for prime time politics.

[varon]

He has said he'd consider running for president if such an amendment passed, but has also taken pains to say it shouldn't be created specifically for him.

Don't vory Ahhnuld, it von't!

[DCPatriot]

It makes sense....with the Hispanic vote.

They are fast-becoming a majority in 25 years.

General amnesty and guaranteed citizenship with the stroke of a pen could mean to the Republicans what the Jewish and African-American voters have meant to the Democratic Party.

[MHT]

He has claimed that his wife has denied him conjugal rights when when he made political decisions with which she did not agree. Guess he doesn't want to be lonely on New Year's Eve.