Proof Positive

Carla Marinucci's Spin Cycle: Schwarzenegger praises "new blood" in Congress
posted November 9, 2006

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, emerging from a meeting with Mexican president Vicente Fox, made his first comments about the U.S. midterm elections this week, saying that "this is good that we have new blood coming to Washington."

The governor was asked by Mexican reporters about his reaction to the election in which Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He said that it was a good thing that "we have new people and new ideas coming to Washington."

"Washington was stuck ... they could not move forward," he said. "Not much was accomplished ... it was terrible." But with the outcome of the election "the people has spoken all over the United States, and I thought they sent a very clear message," he said.
"They want bipartisanship ... what we've done in California."

Schwarzenegger said that he was "very happy" that Rep. Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, the next Speaker of the House, has been "talking about working together with both parties."

"That's where the future is," he said. The governor's comments set off a flurry, as aides sought to clarify that Schwarzenegger was not specifically praising a Democratic takeover of Congress, but was commenting on the overall call for change he said voters wanted.

Schwarzenegger himself even called a reporter after the event, stressing his comments were not political in nature. The governor's office said he has put in a call to Pelosi, but they have not yet spoken.

OAF: Yeah, the Governor didn't really mean it in a "political way"and he didn't really mean that he's happy about the Democrat takeover of Congress... and John Kerry really meant to tell a joke about the President.

Where's the party?
By Anthony York
posted 11/9/06 - Capitol Weekly

[California GOP State Chairman] Sundheim said that in this Democratic year, it just didn't make sense for Schwarzenegger to embrace other Republicans. "What we saw and felt is that this is not the year you get a bunch of Republicans holding hands on the stage saying, vote for us, we're Republicans, we're a team. Part of Gov. Schwarzenegger's appeal is that he's not part of that team."

As previously stated, proof positive!