<p>August 1, 2003 -- OK, so The Terminator finally terminated his political ambitions. We've all heard how Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to run for governor of California and how he threatened to run and how he actually toyed with a run and how, now, suddenly, he backed out of running to support his friend, former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan for the job of ousting the incumbent Gov. Gray Davis on the Oct. 7 recall election. Arnold's a Republican, Riordan's a Republican, Davis is Democrat.</p>