Report: Schwarzenegger suggests US Republicans move leftward

San Jose Mercury News ^ | December 19, 2004 | Unattributed

[Chummy]

Report: Schwarzenegger suggests U.S. Republicans move leftward

Associated Press

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

Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has taken an unorthodox approach since winning office last year - standing by a promise to toe a conservative line of fiscal matters while veering left on social issues such as gay rights and the environment.

In an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily, Schwarzenegger said that "the Republican Party currently covers only the spectrum from the right wing to the middle, and the Democratic Party covers the spectrum from the left to the middle."

"I would like the Republican Party to cross this line, move a little further left and place more weight on the center," he was quoted as saying. "This would immediately give the party 5 percent more votes without it losing anything elsewhere."

Schwarzenegger was guarded on suggestions that he harbors presidential ambitions, saying only that a debate on whether the constitution should be amended to allow foreign-born citizens to run was "overdue."...

[Chummy]

"...'This would immediately give the party 5% more votes without it losing anything elsewhere.'..."

Without losing anything elsewhere? Well, only our values, but hey....

[TLI]

Without losing anything elsewhere? Well, only our values, but hey..

You must have read my mind.

[weshess]

No Thanks, Ahnold

[Angry Republican]

Considering the recent right wing success in terms of voting, I think the Rats should move more to the right. A DINO would have a better chance in today's politics than a RINO.

[Outland]

I suggest that Arnold move a bit more to the right or stop calling himself a Republican... big girly-man phoney.

[television is just wrong]

He must be trying to make Maria happy.

[weshess]

Or just spent too much time "celebrating" the Holidays with Teddy.

[MikefromOhio]

maybe in California, but in the other 49 states this wouldnt work at all...

why mess with something that isnt broken anyway?

[Angry Republican]

Agreed. However, I think he's doing this not only to make the ball and chain happy, but because it's not easy for a true Republican to win CA. Ronald Reagan was the exception, not the rule.

[television is just wrong]

Yeah, that too.

[potlatch]

The perfect reason why we shouldn't change any laws to allow Arnold to run for President. He's part of the Kennedy clan and it's bound to have 'rubbed off' on him!

[weshess]

Does Maria remind anyone of Hitlery?

[patriciaruth]

Ahnold, speaking as someone who still has your bumpersticker on my car...

faggedabottid.

(hard to get New Jersey speak with an Austrian accent)

[Vision]

Main Entry: ego·ma·nia
Pronunciation: "E-gO-'mA-nE-&, -ny&
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being extremely egocentric
- ego·ma·ni·ac /-nE-"ak/ noun
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger

[patriciaruth]

Does Maria remind anyone of Hitlery?

No, believe me, they are light years apart.

[patriciaruth]

Definitely yes in the egomania department, but light years better than Gray Davis as Governor.

[calcowgirl]

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[endthematrix]

Arnold, wow about advocating the RATS "move a little to the right" to accommodate the majority who respect the values of America?

[rdl6989]

And Arnold should move right, as in right back to Austria.

[Noachian]

This is the guy we're suppose to amend our Constitution for, so he can run for President?