Schwarzenegger playing both sides of the fence

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (pictured) has a unique gift. He was able to draw over 90% of Republican votes during his re-election as Governor in spite of the fact that he acts more like a liberal Democrat.

There is an article here titled: “Governor seeks unity in speech to state GOP.”

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger described himself as a "proud Republican" in a speech Friday night at the state's Republican convention, where party conservatives are fuming over the governor's not-so-conservative agenda.

Receiving polite applause, Schwarzenegger said he would continue his theme of "postpartisan" cooperation by searching for the middle ground on the state's key issues but insisted he would never discard his Republican values.

What did the Governor mean by postpartisan? It almost sounds like a medical term.

What postpartisan means in this case is that Schwarzenegger is a fence walker, trying his best to seem conservative enough to please California Republicans while being liberal enough to make the Democrats happy they voted for him.

With his unique ability to ride the political fence, along with his natural charisma and ability to influence the media, he could just swing the California presidential vote to a Republican in 2008 especially if the candidate is Rudy Giuliani.