Opinion: Gov. Arnold loves Sarah Palin, warns against counting John McCain out early

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We’re a little late with this one, but whenever Gov. Arnold speaks, The Ticket listens. Eventually.

The other day California’s top official -- well, not counting Ron Burkle -- did an onstage interview for an audience of magazine executives gathered in San Francisco.

Turns out, the gov is a huge fan of fellow Republican Gov. Sarah Palin. ‘I think that she would be a great vice president,’ said Schwarzenegger, shown here during recent budget negotiations with legislators.

When he saw Palin after her VP nomination in St. Paul, Schwarzenegger said he said, ‘That’s what’s wrong with the Constitution,’ which forbids him, being foreign-born, from becoming president. ‘Miss Alaska is beating Mr. Universe.’

The California chief executive reported that the Alaska chief executive didn’t think the joke was that funny.

But Schwarzenegger did warn his audience of out-of-towners against accepting in advance a loss on Nov. 4 by Sen. John McCain. ‘People,’ the gov said, ‘always count him out at the wrong time.’

AdAge has more on the interview here.

--Andrew Malcolm

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