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Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promises comprehensive healthcare reforms but says he's saving the details for after the election. Critics say the governor's opposition to Democratic proposals and his failure to offer solutions of his own do not bode well for a second term. But on Friday, in a Fox News interview, the governor said: "We are going to go and do everything that we can to reform healthcare, to provide healthcare for everyone in California." (snip) Schwarzenegger has tapped healthcare policy experts to help draft a reform plan, with the idea of laying out the particulars next year in his...

Former Democratic Gov. Edmund "Pat" Brown dismissed his Republican challenger in the 1966 gubernatorial race as a Hollywood interloper who had no business trying to become California's chief executive. "He's an actor," he said of Ronald Reagan. "You know who shot Abraham Lincoln don't you?" On Monday, the 40th anniversary of Reagan's landslide gubernatorial election, the first step on his road to the White House, was celebrated at his presidential library. The attendee attracting the most attention was another actor-turned-politician, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger avoided discussing the campaign, focusing instead on Reagan's legacy. He also praised Nancy Reagan, the 85-year-old...

There was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the elegant Los Angeles Central Library signing an education measure as two top Democratic politicians beamed behind him. A few days later, he toured a Sunnyvale fuel cell company with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, his moderate Republican ``soul mate.'' His opponent, Democrat Phil Angelides, hit the L.A. circuit the same day as the governor -- rallying only a modest crowd in West Hollywood with Sen. John Kerry, who carried California handily in the 2004 presidential race. ``Death spiral'' ``The Angelides campaign is in a rut and needs to jerk the wheel'' to...

Incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger is the top contender in California’s gubernatorial race, according to the latest poll by Zogby Interactive. 49 per cent of respondents in the Golden State would vote for Schwarzenegger, while 41 per cent would support Democrat Phil Angelides.