RISE OF THE MACHINE

Actor tells magazine: 'If the state needs me ... I will run' (Associated Press, June 5, 2003)

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, long mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for governor, told Esquire magazine for its July issue: "Yes, I would love to be governor of California ... If the state needs me, and if there's no one I think is better, then I will run."

With Democratic Gov. Gray Davis facing a recall campaign that could result in a special gubernatorial election as early as fall, Schwarzenegger's political ambitions could be speeded up.

The country needs him. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 5, 2003 2:52 PM