Only In California...

that a GOP incumbent Gov. could say something like this and not pay a price with the national Republican Party. In short, Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently said he would consider endorsing some of the Dem candidates for statewide office. Quick excerpt:

"If I like someone, absolutely," the Republican governor said in response to a reporter's question inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall at a campaign event. "Let's see. But right now, I'm just thinking about moving the state forward."

Schwarzenegger, at his campaign stop in Antioch and in events Wednesday in Redding and Chico, praised the bipartisan spirit that he said catapulted a $37 billion infrastructure bond package for transportation, flood protection, education and housing.

The governor has publicly embraced the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Tom McClintock, but may be less comfortable with some of McClintock's fellow Republicans who won downticket races.