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Schwarzenegger's liberal views leave GOP flummoxed
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| Last Edited | User 13 Aug 15, 2003 11:43am |
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| News Date | Friday, August 15, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As Arnold Schwarzenegger explodes onto the national political scene as California's great Republican hope, conservatives are increasingly voicing concern over his lack of right-wing credentials.
From talk radio to the pages of conservative journals, Republicans are openly struggling over whether to rally around a man who may break the Democratic lock on state government, or keep their distance from a candidate who appears to be at odds with their core ideology.
Pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-gay rights -- and yet to identify a single cut he'd make in the state's deficit-ridden budget -- Schwarzenegger would put a new face on the Republican Party from coast to coast.
"It's very split," said Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review. "Some think anything you can do to smash the political establishment in California is a good thing. Others say (Schwarzenegger) is not a conservative, and we don't support liberal Republicans and it's folly for us to do so."
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