http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/18/schwarzenegger.ap/index.html

Schwarzenegger is my type of politician. Despite all of his credentials previous to being governor, I am suprised time and time again my his politics. I think what he advocates, conservative economics and a liberal platform on social issues, is exactly what I would like to see in our next president.

What do people think about Schwarzenegger? Has his former status as a movie star and body builder altered your opinion on his status as a politician?

I like him, but the main reason I like him is he doesn't hide his feelings. He seems very straightforeward, and I like that in a politician.

I heard from Californian Massassians that he's doing a pretty good job in California. I haven't been following his political work so I can't comment on that.

Being a Californian, I have to say he's doing a damn good job, considering what a big festering craphole he was given by our previous governor. I'm not entirely pleased with the secondary education budget cut (tuition is up now), but I know why he did it, and I know it had to be done, so I am OK with it. I may not be happy, but I understand it.

I like how straightforward he is, and how he tell it like it is. "Girly Men" and the like. He's got balls.

Arnold is doing a good job.

I voted for him, and so far he has given me no reason to regret it. Also, who can hate the Terminator?

How about humanity in the future, after Skynet nukes everything?

Yes, I'm sure he'll be back for a second term. :p

DEATH TO THE PUN!

Ahnold is doing an ok job. Like Hellequin, I'm not pleased with the tuition increase. But yeah, it had to be done. What I really want to see is Arnold take a tougher stance on illegal immigration. I want him to look at "One Bill Gil" Sedillo (I think I got the last name) and say "No vhey in hell, gürly mahn." Also, I think he's not doing a whole lot when it comes to the state's financial woes. We're still in the red. That should be our top priority. Getting California where it was financially before Davis and his Socialists pissed away money.

For non-CA folk: Gil Sedillo basically has been pushing driver licenses for illegals intensely. He gets that nickname because (so far) his only bill has been getting driver licenses for illegals.

But yes, Arnold is a helluva lot better than Davis will ever be.

I agree with almost everything Arnold has to say, go moderates! I don't however, think that Gray Davis should have been recalled. We had just voted him into his second term; if we had wanted a new governor, we should not have re-elected him! And besides, it's been proven that the energy crises (which contributed largely to our debt in the first place) wasn't even his fault.

The Governator will definitely be back.

Davis, IMO, was the worst governor we ever had. He damn near ruined California's economy. It's amazing how fast democrats like Davis are willing to piss away money that doesn't belong to them with almost zero accountability.

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Wow. I can't believe he actually suggested, in plain English, that the GOP should adopt some more liberal positions. I can count the number of politicians with the balls to say something like that on one finger.

Arnold is truly deserving of mad props.

Who cares about his policies? He is teh Governator!
But seriously, he should be on the Democratic ticket. Almost any where else in the US he would be.

To be fair, it isn't only democrats who do this, I think it's a politican thing. Republicans are supposed to be responsible with money, but to a lot of people they have stopped doing that. I can't comment on Davis because I don't know much about him.


If he said that, then he does deserve some respect. And not because I want him to make the Republican party liberal (not that I would mind), but because he's being reasonable.

There are some things I don't like about Arnold as a politician, but I respect him because at least he's an actual republican. It seems many of the others in the party have mutated into something much, much worse...
Oozing green sewer monsters!

BTW, another republican I have a lot of respect for is John McCain.

It was the tech bust that did in Ca. Income taxes dropped a whole lot. Still, he allowed the democrats to keep spending money they didn't have. And it was alot of money.

Arnold's doing the best he can with what he's got. He's trying to pull the state out of an inherited debt of more than $30 billion without raising taxes. That no easy task.

He's also been able to bridge the gap between democrats and republicans here, which was no easy task either.

I think arny was great in all his movies, if his performance in politics is equally as good, then ... GREAT.

So has he made any good one liners in his political career yet?

If you count the time where he stood up and called the legislature "girly men" then yes.

Arnold's greatest achievement is his latest cameo in the Jackie Chan film Around the World in 80 Days.

Of all the things I was expecting, Arnold Schwarzenegger with long hair playing an Indian prince was pretty low on the list.

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It's only been a week, some dead people aren't even buried by that time. :p

*CoughJohnEnglerCough*

Michigan has had many political similarities when with Cali when it comes to governors, save for the fact that the parties are reversed; Engler drove MI's economy deeper and deeper during his 12 years. (it wasn't until the end of his third term that a two-term limit was passed) Personally, I'd have to say Granholm is doing fairly well with handling the S***pile that was left by Engler, just as it seems el Governator is doing with Davis's mess. BTW, they also happen to be the only two foreign-born governors in the country, unless I'm mistaken somehow...

although I'm a bit neutral toward an ammendment to permit foreign-born citizens to run for president, it might be interesting, as a Schwartzenegger vs. Granholm will almost certainly result, and that actually would be a rather tough call. Either way, I think the Us populace (as well as perhaps myself) would be satisfied with the results either way.

So the reason we have our trillion dollar national deficit must be because George W. Bush is a democrat? And the reasoning behind the surplus in during Bill Clinton's time in office can only be explained by his affiliation with the republican party, I assume...

Hmm. Yeah, you must be right.

That was similar to what I posted; if it wasn't clear, John Engler was the Republican governor of Michigan from 1990 to 2002, when the Republican successor to Engler, Dick Posthumus, was solidly beaten by Democrat Jennifer Granholm 51-48%.

Damn straight.
McCain in 2008! Hopefully?

Oven chip goodness.