California Election 2006 Watch: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger May Endorse Some Democrats – Well, Maybe?

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waves as he campaigns at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Antioch, Calif., Thursday, June 8, 2006. Schwarzenegger is campaigning in several California cities after he won the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday.

The Sacramento Bee: Schwarzenegger may endorse some Democrats

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday there is a possibility that he might endorse Democratic candidates in other statewide political races.

“If I like someone, absolutely,” the Republican governor said in response to a reporter’s question inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall at a campaign even in the Delta town near the banks of the San Joaquin River. “Let’s see. But right now, I’m just thinking about moving the state forward.”

But, upon further reflection……..

Schwarzenegger’s campaign manager, Steve Schmidt, said in an interview later, however, that the governor has endorsed all of the down-ticket Republican candidates – Tom McClintock for lieutenant governor, Chuck Poochigian for attorney general, Bruce McPherson for secretary of state, Tony Strickland for controller, Claude Parrish for treasurer and Steve Poizner for insurance commissioner.

The campaign left open the possibility that Schwarzenegger might endorse U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in her re-election bid against Republidcan challenger Richard Mountjoy.

“Like most Californians, he thinks Dianne Feinstein is a great senator,” Schmidt said of the governor.

And Schwarzenegger kicks his Republican base in the groin again.

Wait until Angelides and the public employee unions start running those negative ads against Arnold and then Schwarzenegger may need his GOP base.

The Governator makes it very hard for a conservative to vote for him.

Stay tuned…..

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