"Hummers aren't clean, and Arnie's not green!" It was a popular chant among the leftists who hounded Arnold Schwarzenegger during his campaign for California's governorship. They were outraged that a man who owns a fleet of these huge, gas-guzzling vehicles could claim to be a good environmentalist. Nor is that his only offence against greenery. Mr Schwarzenegger is a business-friendly Republican in a state where the main challenge to the Democrats has come from tree-huggers: Green Party candidates such as Ralph Nader, who ran for president in 2000, and Matt Gonzalez, who nearly won the mayoralty of San Francisco. Arnie has surrounded himself with conservative advisers such as Pete Wilson, a former governor, and people from the Hoover Institution. And then there is his fondness for George Bush, the bete noire of greens, whom he bear-hugged after winning the governorship.
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