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Run, Arnie

Yesterday I called upon Ralph Nader not to run because he would take votes away from the Democrat and help Bush get re-elect- no, excuse me, I mean elected. Today I found about someone else who would like to run for President: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California. He talked about it in a news program a day or so ago. An amendment would have to be passed for him to be President; maybe one that says that a foreign-born citizen with 20 or more years in the USA could become President. He also says he is not interested in it right now. That of course means he is interested.

Well, don't let the foreignbornness hold you back, Mr. Schwarzenegger. I want you to run for President. I feel that Arnold would have better stands on the issues than most Republicans would have, although he goofed up with gay marriages recently. But the main reason is that he would take votes away from Bush. Furthermore, unlike Nader, if he runs for President and gets 5% or more, he would topple Key 4, the third-party Lichtman key, because he would hurt Bush. Further, he is likely to get that 5% if he runs. He has charisma in abundance. If he ran, he would siphon off many votes from Bush, maybe so many that not only would he topple Key 4 bigspace, he might even take some states, such as Alaska, Maine, and perhaps his home state of California. If this happened, he would take away so many Bush votes that a 45% Kerry or Edwards showing would be a massive electoral landslide. The only hitch among voters would be, what if he gets elected and can't serve because of his being foreign-born? Maybe Congress and the state legislatures would hurry up and ratify an amendment, or maybe the VP could serve while this was being processed. But I don't think it will go that far as to actually elect Schwarzenegger. I do think that he would get enough to knock down Key 4 and make it easier for Bush to be defeated.

For that reason, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a candidate that I would like to see run. If I had been in California last year and Arnold was native-born, I would have voted for him because of this possibility of running for President. So Run, Arnie, Run! Give Bush a run for his money.