Arnold's Groupies

By Perry Bacon Jr.

Naturally, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger supports an amendment allowing foreigners to be President. But he's not actively campaigning for it; he doesn't need to. On Nov. 15, a year after he was sworn in, a $20,000 ad ran in five California cities cheerfully urging residents to "help us amend for Arnold!" Who is behind this compassionate crusade? Not the Republican machine or the Austrian government but former college roommates Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, a philanthropist in Woodside, Calif., and Mimi Chen, a stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles, who just cannot get enough of the Governator. The women graduated from Princeton in 1979 and went on to have careers well suited to championing a cause: Morgenthaler-Jones was a money manager and Chen was a DJ. When Schwarzenegger ran for Governor, both women, who by then had left their jobs, volunteered to help. In August they launched AmendforArnold.com The battle has been joined. After seeing the ads, Alex Jones, a Texas-based radio-talk-show host, launched ArnoldExposed.com His group--Americans Against Arnold--alleges that the Governor is "a megalomaniac with aspirations of being a dictator." Just a matter of time until Weight Lifters for Truth gets into the game. --By Perry Bacon Jr.