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...elected the first female governor of Michigan in 2002, is also a 1987 graduate of Harvard Law School. Many consider the Canadian-born governor, who delivered a prime-time speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, to be her party’s answer to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. “Michigan is the poster child for the deindustrialization of America,” Granholm said of her state, whose once-strong auto industry has suffered from jobs moving overseas. To deal with the effects of global competition, Granholm said, she has aimed to diversify the Michigan economy...
...China, he reveled in a red-carpet welcome and greeted screaming schoolchildren who lined his path just to catch a glimpse of their hero. No, this wasn't President George W. Bush-who will arrive in China for a state visit on Saturday-it was California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, better known in China...
...president, a member of the nation's reigning Republican political dynasty; the other is a movie star who married into the nation's most enduring Democratic political dynasty. Between them, they govern two of the biggest states in the country. But while Florida's Jeb Bush and California's Arnold Schwarzenegger certainly have the highest profiles of any state leaders in the U.S., neither has been able to translate that celebrity into full-blown success. In fact, each has learned the hard way that star power doesn't help nearly as much after an election as before...
...stinging referendum on Schwarzenegger, whose approval ratings have dropped from 61% a year ago to 33%, with just over a year before he runs for re-election. "If I would do another Terminator movie," Schwarzenegger told reporters, "I would have Terminator travel back in time to tell Arnold not to have a special election...
...begin his final year in office, Bush is often mentioned as a Republican presidential prospect in 2008 or 2012. Still, many observers think he will focus instead on promoting the possible political career of his telegenic son George P. Bush. Like any savvy politician, Jeb knows--as surely as Arnold does--that the only way to maintain star power is to keep building the brand...