Schwarzenegger for Senate?

[BlueStateSaint]

It would seem to be a step . . . back for Ahnold.

Schwarzenegger for Senate?

California GOP circles are buzzing about the prospect of the Governator serving in Donald Trump’s Washington.

 By Carla Marinucci   | 03/09/17 06:32 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — the “Terminator" action hero who made "I'll be back" one of filmdom's most iconic phrases — may be mulling a political comeback, according to several GOP political insiders in California.

The prospect of Schwarzenegger’s return to elected politics in a 2018 U.S. Senate run — possibly as an independent — is generating increasing buzz in state Republican circles, fueled by the former governor’s seeming ability to get under the skin of President Donald Trump on social media.

The president’s caustic tweets about Schwarzenegger, the recent host of "Celebrity Apprentice," and their running feud has sparked talk that the intensely competitive Schwarzenegger — a seven-time Mr. Olympia world bodybuilding champ — may be interested in more than merely a verbal posedown with Trump.

His entry into the 2018 Senate race — when Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein would be 85 years old and up for reelection — “would give Arnold the stage to jam Trump for the next 16 months,’’ according to one veteran GOP strategist who spoke on condition of anonymity.

It would also enable Schwarzenegger to draw a contrast with the president on key issues, including climate change, political reform and even immigration.

Interesting.  He'd give DiFi a run for her money.

The rest of this is here:  http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/arnold-schwarzenegger-senate-235905
 

[SVPete]

I'd vote for Alfred E. Newman first. I'd prefer Lib/Prog DiFei to the back-stabbing RINO AAARRRRRRGHHHHHnold!

[DLR Pyro]

the terminator pretty much burned any conservative bridges he had during his second term as governor of kalifoornieeea.

[Eupher]

I'd vote for Alfred E. Newman first. I'd prefer Lib/Prog DiFei to the back-stabbing RINO AAARRRRRRGHHHHHnold!

Yeah, at least you know you're being shit on by Di Fi. Ahnold likes to hide his liberal policies behind a smoke screen of RINO-ness.

[franksolich]

You know, of course I'm not a voter in California, but--

While I'm far from enamoured of him, if the guy runs and it looks as if he's the only R who can win the seat, I'm all for him.  Whatever and whoever it takes, to get that seat back.

[SVPete]

You know, of course I'm not a voter in California, but--

While I'm far from enamoured of him, if the guy runs and it looks as if he's the only R who can win the seat, I'm all for him.  Whatever and whoever it takes, to get that seat back.

frank, I don't use terms like "RINO" or "backstabber lightly. AAARRRRRRGHHHHHnold supported (introduced?) the loony-toons Enviro laws that are driving businesses out of CA. He also campaigned against a ballot proposition that would have repealed the worst of those laws. As to back-stabbing, in his second term he consistently supported tax increases - rather than real spending decreases - pressured R legislature members to support those tax increases, and even campaigned against an R legislator who refused to support tax increases.

I would not vote forAAARRRRRRGHHHHHnold for the office of Deputy Assistant Dogcatcher! I'd even prefer DiFei, because she's dependable - in the sense Eupher posted - and the occasional surprises would be pleasant.

[J P Sousa]

Sounds like the ghost of Arlen Specter is visiting California. 

Arlen only became a Republican so the republicans could back him for DA in Philadelphia. Democrats refused to back Arlen so he changed his "suit" (party) from democrat, but never changed his "inner-democrat" ideas.