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t wasn't too long ago that a lot of right-wingers were actually wanting to change the laws so that Arnold could run for president weren't they? No. In the first place, right-wingers don't support RINOs like Arnold. In the second, there was no serious talk that I remember from anyone, much less right-wingers. And certainly no action. Methinks you have made a claim you cannot substantiate, igor. Methinks your memory is faulty. Schwarzenegger for President? A more recent case involves Austrian-born Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former Governor of California. Almost from the day he became governor on November 17, 2003, until he left office on January 3, 2011, there was constant speculation that he may one day run for president. In an interview for the CBS News program, 60 Minutes, correspondent Morley Safer put the question directly to Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger responded, “Yes! Absolutely! I think, you know, because why not? Like with my way of thinking, you always shoot for the top.” California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher drafted a constitutional amendment that would allow anyone who's been a U.S. citizen for 20 years or more to run for president or vice president. Presumably Rohrabacher’s proposal would amend the opening clause of Article II, Section 1 to read, “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, or a person who has been a citizen of the United States for at least twenty (20) years, shall be eligible to the office of President;”. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has prepared a similar amendment for introduction in the Senate.
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