Kitty Felde

The Governator

It was great fun watching the Washington press corps watching the Governor.

Arnold Schwarzenegger had been meeting with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. He wanted the feds to back off his plan to cut the pay of home health care workers. Their union complained to the Obama administration which threatened to withhold billions in federal stimulus dollars. The Governor got what he wanted and he walked out of one of the ugliest buildings in Washington surrounded by a few aides and security fellows with things in their ears.

And then he astonished the DC press corps by walking across the street to the park where the cameras were waiting. “He’s walking?!?!?” the Bloomberg reporter asked. What? Do they think we drive everywhere just because we’re Californians?

Of course, after the press conference was over, a posse of SUVs pulled up to the curb and the Governor rode off into the sunset.

You could almost hear a sigh of relief from that Bloomberg guy.

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• May 20, 2009 6:27 PM by Kitty Felde
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