Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Where Has All of the Love Gone?

The Los Angeles Times has Gov. Spurns Bush in Spat Over Money.

Schwarzenegger, battling for cash to fuel initiative campaigns, criticizes president’s plans to raise $1 million at L.A.-area event.

Long-simmering tensions between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Bush burst into the open Wednesday as the two Republicans clashed over that most basic of political necessities: money.

The governor and president rely on many of the same rich Californians for campaign cash. Yet even in California, a gold mine for politicians, there’s only so much to go around, as Schwarzenegger bluntly pointed out Wednesday in Anaheim.

From Karen Hanretty of the California Republican Party “‘What California needs from the Bush administration are more federal dollars, not fundraisers, at a time when we’re just weeks from a crucial statewide election that could have a significant impact on the governor’s administration.”

Campaigning for his four initiatives on the Nov. 8 ballot, Schwarzenegger made clear he was miffed that Bush planned to collect $1 million for the Republican National Committee tonight at a dinner for 100 couples at a home in the Beverly Hills area.

“We would have appreciated if he would have done his fundraising after the Nov. 8 election, because you know we need now all the money in the world,” Schwarzenegger said. “We want to make sure that we win, that we can have our TV spots out there on television, which is very important.”

Responding to questions about Bush’s visit, Schwarzenegger stressed his “good working relationship” with the president. But he rejected Bush’s invitation to join him Friday morning near Simi Valley to dedicate the new Air Force One exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Schwarzenegger said he could not attend because he and his staff were “very busy in our campaigning up and down the state.”

Ahhhhhh the Mothers Milk of Politics…….

George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times is happy to add fuel to the fire in Timing of Bush’s Fundraiser Is Bad for Governor’s Agenda

Flap supposes the Republican 11th Commandment is suspended when trolling for California Special Election campaign cash.

Bad move on Schwarzenegger’s part……..

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