Schwarzenegger: GOP "Dying At The Box Office"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tonight threw down the gauntlet with his own party, lecturing some 1,200 people at the semiannual Republican state convention in Indian Wells that the party was "dying at the box office" because it has "lost the middle. And we will not regain true political power in California until we get it back," according to Schwarzenegger's prepared remarks.

Schwarzenegger has long been at odds with the conservative elements of the party that tend to dominate policy positions, though he has twice proven his popularity with the rank-and-file members and with independents. Tonight the governor homed in on his greenhouse-emission policies, which he said three-quarters of party members support: "They want this party to do something more about climate change than simply doubt it." And he made the same point about healthcare reform on his way to a plea to shift the party from the political right to closer to the center.

"The majority of Republicans prefer progress with messy compromise over defeat with pristine principles. Compromise is part of politics. And it is especially part of politics if you are the minority party... The road to our comeback is clear. The California Republican Party should be a right-of-center party that occupies the broad middle of California. That is a lush, green, abandoned political space. It can be ours."

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/09/schwarzenegger-.html#more

office, and the fact that he probably worked with Enron to fuck over CA and Davis, he is smart as SHIT when it comes to his political instincts. He truly understands EXACTLY his role as a CA Republican and what positions he can and can't take, both his actions and statements like this reveal how on top of this he is.

a stupid man. And he's a politically savvy bastard. He's republican scum (in my book). But for a politician, I think he's very appealing to the upper middle and upper classes in California.

I hate to admit that he's a force to be reckoned with. He would love to balance the budget of the state on the backs of the lower middle and lower classes.

is he admitting that he is not part of the middle which is what he ran as?

Since the voting machines have been removed from mix, even Arnold will have a trouble being re-selected in California. Two other problems for the GOP coming down the pipe are Doolittle and Lewis. When these two ass hats go to jail with their buddy Cunningham, the GOP will have another black-eye. When it also comes out that the White House has been protecting these two ass hats with prosecutor firings and appointments, I believe Californian's will be very pissed. Good Luck getting that passed the voters!