Where's Arnold?

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is blowing off the Republican Governors Assn. meeting that starts today at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami. Twenty other Republican governors and governors-elect are attending, including Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, Rick Perry of Texas and George Pataki of New York. Currently, there are 28 GOP governors — but the party lost six gubernatorial offices in the November election.

Instead of attending, Schwarzenegger has a busy schedule dedicating a new freeway in Orange County, attending an auto show in Los Angeles, and flying to Mexico City for the inauguration of President-elect Felipe Calderon.

Why isn't Schwarzenegger attending the governors' conference? Perhaps because he isn't really a Republican governor. (Snark!) "As far as I can tell, he's never attended," said Schwarzenegger press secretary Margita Thompson. "The governor's first priority is developing policies that will be part of the next year."