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His protestations to the contrary notwithstanding, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger still wants to become president of the United States, according to Laurence Leamer, author of "Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger.""That's his dream," Leamer told the Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly Tuesday night. "He thinks the Constitution should be changed [to make it possible for a foreign-born citizen to become president]." The Schwarzenegger biographer said Arnold's speech last summer to the GOP convention was the first step in his presidential campaign. "He intended that speech to be so dramatically positive that America would say: 'We need this man to lead...

San Francisco -- Author Laurence Leamer paints a flattering portrait in a new biography of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, comparing the actor-turned-politician favorably to California's best known Republican icon, Ronald Reagan. But Leamer also paints a cautionary tale in "Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger," suggesting the gifts the governor shares with Reagan — a contagious sense of optimism combined with a righteous populist anger — may not be sufficient to push through a business-backed government reform agenda out of step with the state's heavily Democratic population. Schwarzenegger's remarkable personal story has been told many times before: that of the penniless...