Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jason Linkins

Moderates Unite As Conservatives Recoil

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics


The point has been made before, but let's make it again: this year is shaping up to be a very dismal one for the rightward chattering class. The elit...

McCain Gets Schwarzenegger's Endorsement

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 01.31.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican presidential race on Thursday, praising him as a...

Guess The Teen Heartthrob (And Dynastic Scion)

Huffington Post | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment


He's 14 and an heir to an American political dynasty. He has 3 siblings and his parents live in California and have been married almost 22 years. He...

Imperfect Candidates for Imperfect Times

Simon Sinek | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics


Simon Sinek

Unlike the spoiler campaigns of Ross Perot and Ralph Nader, a Bloomberg/Schwarzenegger ticket would lay easy claim to all the independents and steal votes from both parties.

Watch: Romney Gets Pranked...Thinks He's Talking To Schwarzenegger

GovMittRomney | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


Just before the Michigan Primary this week, Matt Romney decided to take a some pressure off his dad with a little comic relief. Those that know him r...

A Budget Shock Attack

Dave Johnson | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics


Dave Johnson

When people are shocked and worried they will accept solutions that might not be what they would accept if they had time to think and consider all reasonable alternatives.

Schwarzenegger Proposes "Difficult" Budget That Hurts Poor, Elderly

Los Angeles Times | Michael Rothfeld | Posted 01.09.2008 | Business


Returning to policies he advanced without success early in his tenure, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Tuesday for state government to permanently r...

California Health Reform and the Limits of "Left/Right" Paradigms

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics


RJ Eskow

One of the most puzzling turns in the healthcare debate has been the insistence of some that mandating health coverage is a "progressive" thing to do. It's not.

Schwarzenegger To Sue Bush Administration Over Rejection Of Emissions Law

CNN | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics


California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sue the federal government over its decision not to allow a California plan to reduce greenhouse gas em...

Dems To Investigate, Schwarzenegger To Sue Over, EPA's Rejection Of Emissions Law

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business


The Bush administration's rejection of state efforts to tighten rules on greenhouse gas emissions touched off a flurry of counterattacks Thursday. Dem...

Obama: I Would Consider Arnold Schwarzenegger For My Cabinet

ABC News | Sunlen Miller | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics


Barack Obama has often said he'd consider putting Repbulicans in his cabinet and even bandied about names like Sens. Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel. He's ...

Bush Admin Sides With Auto Industry, Blocks California's Emissions Plan

Wall Street Journal | MIKE SPECTOR and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business


The Bush administration blocked California's plan to put tighter limits on automobile tailpipe emissions, handing a victory to the auto industry on th...

California's Christmas Gift to the Big Insurers

Rose Ann DeMoro | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics


Rose Ann DeMoro

With Schwarzenegger playing Santa, Assembly members passed a bill mislabeled as healthcare reform that will guarantee millions of new customers for the insurance industry, with CA taxpayers paying the bill.

Mandatory Health Insurance Is Not Progress But Political Payoff

Jamie Court | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics


Jamie Court

The answer in California for politicians, who face strict term limits, is they needed cash from the medical insurance complex to extend their stay in office.

Celebrity Christmas Cards: The Shriver- Schwarzeneggers, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Lunden

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 12.18.2007 | Entertainment


Barbara Walters showed off some more Christmas cards on "The View" today. Last week she shared the White House's Christmas card. First up, with no pho...

Arnold Distances Himself From "Conan" Video Game With Violence, Nudity

Oakland Tribune | Steve Geissinger | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics


Conan the Barbarian, the iconic fictional hero, catapulted bodybuilder-turned-action star Arnold Schwarzenegger toward fame and fortune. Twenty-five y...

CBS News Catches Republicans in Dirty Trick

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


Rick Jacobs

This is one example of the mainstream media reporting the news, not reporting commentary masquerading as news.

Does Height Matter in Politics?

Zach Kanin | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics


Zach Kanin

2007-11-17-kaninpresidentssizedpull.jpgSince height-ism, or "smallotry" (bigotry against small people), has made it so there are no short figures in U.S. Presidential politics, I am providing the following list of interesting short politicians

An Open Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger on the Writers' Strike

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 11.08.2007 | Entertainment


Jon Robin Baitz

I cannot see you of all people, presiding over a California in which the motion picture and TV industry mutilates and devours itself.

Maria Shriver: Anna Nicole Smith Is Reason I Won't Return To NBC News

AP | Posted 10.25.2007 | Media


Maria Shriver said she won't resume her TV news career and the late Anna Nicole Smith is the reason why. Shriver, speaking Tuesday at a conference on...

Disaster Baiting, or, Why Katrina Evacuees Love LA

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.24.2007 | Living


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Cable news is also showing split screens comparing Gulf Coast evacuees to the current ones -- like we're going to get into a big fight over who had a harder time being homeless.

From the Fires in San Diego

Chantal Sicile- Kira | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Chantal Sicile- Kira

Although we San Diegans may feel like our lives are on hold, and we are consumed with thoughts about essentials such as food and shelter, to the rest of the world, it is life as usual and the fires are just another item on the evening news.

Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Families

Kristin Maschka | Posted 10.22.2007 | Living


Kristin Maschka

Schwarzenegger may want to avoid speaking to a conference of 11,000 fired-up women after he vetoed a collection of family-related bills last weekend.

Liberals, "No Match" and Nonsense

John Ridley | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics


John Ridley

Corporations of course want to keep a strangle hold on their cheap labor. The liberals want to "save" the immigrants. And this is where their ill-drifting kicks in.

A Victory For Law Enforcement in California

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics


Paul Helmke

In California now, police will be able to use shell casings that a gun fired, marked with the make, model and serial number of the weapon to trace the gun back to its first purchaser.