What's Next for Schwarzenegger?

Those around California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) "have speculated about his running for the Senate, if not against" Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) "in 2010 then perhaps in 2012, were California's other senator, Dianne Feinstein, ready to retire," the Sacramento Bee's Dan Walters writes.

"Boxer is several notches to the left of California's political center and has never enjoyed particularly high voter approval ratings, even though she's won three six-year terms. The Democrats' newly minted Senate majority will mean that confrontation, a Boxer trait, will dominate Washington with Iraq the chief bone of contention. Her visibility will increase, which means she could either gain or lose ground during the next four years."

"If Schwarzenegger still has the political bug four years hence, and his own popularity remains relatively high, he'll almost certainly weigh a challenge to Boxer. But it could be much easier for him to run for a vacant Senate seat in 2012, when Feinstein will be 79 years old and perhaps contemplating retirement."


November 28, 2006


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