The cheering began several minutes before Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's governor, took the stage at the state Republican convention on February 9th. Unfortunately, those cheers were not for the governor but for Matt Romney, whose chief political accomplishment so far is being the son of Mitt, a conservative candidate for the presidency who opposes abortion. Mr Schwarzenegger entered the room to modest applause and gave a short speech, large parts of which were heard in silence.
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