More Info on Arnie's triumph
Californians banished Governor Gray Davis just 11 months into his second term and elected Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him Tuesday.
Voters traded a career Democratic politician who became one of the state's most despised chief executives for a moderate Republican megastar who had never before run for office. Davis became the first California governor pried from office and only the second nationwide to be recalled.
Schwarzenegger prevailed despite a flurry of negative publicity in the campaign's final days, surviving allegations that he had groped women and accusations that as a young man he expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.
The 56-year-old Austrian immigrant — husband of television journalist Maria Shriver — finds himself in charge of the nation's most populated state with an economy surpassed only by those of several countries. Schwarzenegger promised to return the shine to a Golden State beset by massive budget problems and riven by deep political divisions.
The actor/politician's movie career will have to be put on hold indefinitely, putting into question some big projects like Terminator 4 and King Conan: Crown of Iron.
Terminator 4 doesn't really require Arnie unless they show John's death which I doubt since Nick's contract is for Terminator 4 and Terminator 5.