SCHWARZENEGGER…. Sounds like he’s new to Republican politics.

Schwarzenegger said Republicans in Washington must put aside their ideology and work with President Barack Obama on solving the economic crisis.

“You know, you’ve got to go beyond just the principles. You’ve got to go and say, ‘What is right for the country right now?’” he said. “I think that, if they — they should make an effort to work together and to find what is best for the people, because by derailing everything, it’s not going to help anybody, and it creates instability and insecurity.”

“They,” in this case, is in refence to congressional Republicans.

I wonder if there’s an excommunication process in place at the Republican National Committee….

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