[William McKinley]

Fred Barnes laughed off the description of 'pragmatic libertarian', and rightfully so. Actually, with the exception of the gun control and abortion issues he sounds pretty Whiggish.

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[pogo101]

I'd rather have Tom McClintock, but it may take a "pragmatic libertarian" AND lots of charisma & show-biz know-how for any Republican, RINO or not, to get elected. I just don't see any other Republican right now who has that combination. So, to Gray Davis, I say: you soon may be hearing,

"Gett owwtt. Ah'll drive."

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[My2Cents]

We already have an anti-gun and pro-abortion governor, so considering what Arnold believes in which distinguishes him from the mainline Democrats, he'd be a tremendous improvement.

[jagrmeister]

Arnold is the future of the California GOP. For a long, long time - someone has needed to throw us a life preserver- too often we got the opposite- a ballast, bad advice from Republicans outside California who don't understand the political realities of our state. Arnold is it. He has the life story, the charisma, the dynamism to pull it off. And his popularity will be a rising tide that lifts all boats- making it possible for even social conservatives to win other statewide offices in California. The last thing we need right now is for some out-of-staters or some purists who've led us down a rathole for the last 20 years to abandon the greatest chance we've had in decades.

[Texas Eagle]

If Schwarzenegger runs, Democrats won't be able to lay a finger on him with issues they've long used to demonize Republicans: abortion, gun control, gay rights, the environment.

Could that be because Ahnold is pro-abortion, anti-2nd-Amendment, pro-homosexual agenda and pro-Spotted-Owl?

[Texas Eagle]

It formed the basis for his successful ballot initiative, Proposition 49, which will expand PUBLIC FUNDING for after-school programs.

Just what a state with a 38 billion dollar deficit needs.

[pogo101]

I must admit it'd be fun to have a recall election campaign shape up as essentially giving CA voters a choice between Davis and Schwarzenegger.

SO many sloganeering opportunities:
1. Gray Davis: GIRLY MAN
2. TOTAL RECALL (natch)
3. "Get. Out."

Any more? Help me out here. :)

[farmfriend]

I think Arnold will be the next gove. That is just a guess. He is pretty centrist, maybe even left of center but it is a step in the right direction.

[kellynla]

Fred Barnes predicts DiFi to be the next governor. Shows you how wrong Barnes can be. Let's all remember that now and '06 are nothing but preliminaries to the BIG SHOW in 2010. Whoever the governor is in 2010 will be able to carve up the state to the betterment of his/her party after the census. New district boundaries will be paramount to the future of the GOP in CA.

[Tacis]

So what!! If Arnold won 85% of the vote he still couldn't change anything. The legislature is still run by the dem crooks and they aren't going to change because of Arnold, simply blame him for everything.

Recalling Davis is dumb. He needs to stay in place until after the 2004 election. Arnold vs. Davis, however, is a waste of breath. The bought & paid for California Supreme Court is not about to rule that a sufficient number of legitimate signatures are on the recall petitions. The drive to recall Davis will die from administrative tweaking in Davis' Supreme Court and he will finish out his term.

[giotto]

"But I also believe that government is important -- and should be in the business of educating our children, defending our people, ensuring public safety, advancing scientific and medical research, and more."

Those two words constitute the fine print we all need to examine closely. I see Arnold as a smart man of good character, which right away makes him better than most of the people who would be on the ballot. Politics, after all, is the art of getting elected so that you can use your influence to get rich. But Arnold is already rich, and he got rich by using his mind and not just by looking pretty, like the rest of Hollywood. So he may be able to avoid rich liberal guilt, which accounts for why Susan Surrender and Julia Roberts can't seem to keep their large mouths shut: They know they are not worth the money they made, so they try to reduce the guilt of being hugely overpaid by pretending to care about the little people, the environment, etc.

Whatever Arnold's politics, he earned his money, so instead of guilt he has knowledge he can teach to others. He does seem to have an interest in raising people up. Maybe he can pump up the flabby California economy as well.

[narby]

Terminate Gray Davis

[Captainpaintball]

If Schwarzenegger runs, Democrats won't be able to lay a finger on him with issues they've long used to demonize Republicans: abortion, gun control, gay rights, the environment

That's because they agree with him, you nitwit!!! What good is having a RINO with a Kennedy wife, and kennedy staffer moles?

"But I alzo belief zhat govunment eez important -- und zhould be in ze biz-ness of educating our children, devending our pee-pul, enzhuring public safety, advancing zientific and medicul rezearch, und more."

NONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Government should be in the business of edjookading our children? Please, Ah-nuld..Danny Devito called. He wants to make the sequel to "Twins" called "Triplets" with you and the guy who plays "Mini-Me." I promise to pay the 8 bucks to see it if you drop this governor thing...