02.13.2005:Arnold 3 Times More Popular than California's Prior Governor

from  nytimes.com:

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ONSTAGE Arnold Schwarzenegger, bigger than life, promotes California.

Just as the ever-pitching actor enticed so many ticket-buyers to the big screen (even his flops grossed tens of millions of dollars), the ever-pitching Republican governor is luring Californians to his political purpose. His public approval rating is about three times as high as that of the Democrat he replaced, Gray Davis, even though California remains a largely Democratic state and Mr. Schwarzenegger's promises to "terminate" its many problems have not yet been fulfilled.