CA: Arnold intends to seek new term - Formal announcement expected soon

Oakland Tribune ^ | 09/09/2005 | Steve Geissinger

[calcowgirl]

SACRAMENTO — Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to announce next week he is running for re-election, sources said Thursday, as Democratic lawmakers continued passing bills that the governor plans to veto.

Ignoring legislators' scramble to wrap up their 2005 session today, Schwarzenegger traveled to GOP-friendly Fresno on Thursday as he continued campaigning for his Nov. 8 special election to revamp state government.

In the Legislature, bills addressing key issues to the public — such as a multibillion-dollar transportation bond — remained shelved until next year at the earliest.

The developments came in the wake of polls that show Californians aren't very happy with any of the state's politicians or their actions these days.

The disclosure that Schwarzenegger is imminently planning to make public his run for governor next year, after capturing the office two years ago in an unprecedented recall election, came from sources close to Schwarzenegger after a Washington, D.C., newspaper report.

"He'll announce sometime between today and the convention next weekend," a GOP official told the Roll Call.

Prominent Republicans expect Schwarzenegger to make the announcement sometime before next Friday, the opening day of the state GOP's annual fall convention. But he faces stiff competition from the leading Democratic candidates — state Treasurer Phil Angelides and Controller Steve Westly.

Schwarzenegger's strategists hope the declaration will boost weak public support for the governor and his special election initiatives, which would alter government spending, make it harder for teachers to gain tenure and immediately overhaul political boundary redistricting to break Democrats' control.

[BillyBoy]

>> Does anyone think that they Gay Marriage bill would have been vetoed by Bustmonte? <<

Arnold was running to replace Governor Doofus. The ONLY reason Bustamente was eligible to be governor is because the CAGOP INSISTED on getting rid of Doofus.

Doofus vetoed the licenses-for-illegals bill before the 2002 election (said he would theoretically support liceneses-for-illegals if he had the "right" kind of built-in safety measures, which is exactly what Arnold said too). I believe Doofus was "officially" against gay marriagse but for civil union (gay marriage lite). That's why the term "gay marriage" was never legaized under Davis' tenure. Ditto with Arnold.

Explain to me again why the Arnoldbots hate Davis so much and how Arnold is an "improvement"? They spent millions to replace Davis with a idelogical twin.

[BillyBoy]

>> Last election Arnold refused to campaign for any Republican challengers. He had his picture taken with all of them months before the election, but would not release them to the candidates. He only campaigned for R incumbents that were in "safe" seats. He did all this to keep from upsetting Dims so that they would cooperate with him if they should win. Not one seat changed hands and his "girlie-man" strategy came back to bite him in the butt. <<

Thank GOODNESS Arnold DELIVERED California to the GOP like the people who shoved him down the party's throat PROMISED he would. RINOs magically "deliver" their states, according to the Arnoldbots. Why, I'm sure Massacuttes is just bound to elect a boatload of Republicans any minute now, thanks to having an "R" in the governor's chair.