Arnold Schwarzenegger: ¿el nuevo idolo americano?

Así lo nombra la revista Wired en su reportaje de portada de Septiembre. Un fragmento:

"Part of Schwarzenegger's appeal lies in his status as an outsider. He arrived in Sacramento without the usual baggage of a career in politics. Thanks to his wealth and charisma, he didn't have to do deals to get into office, making him free to act independently once he got there. And free to think independently, too: His moderate views - socially liberal, economically conservative - position him to the left of Republicans and to the right of Democrats.
We've seen this before: Ross Perot had Arnold's money and connections; Jesse Ventura had celebrity populism. Neither sparked a revolution. But two things are different this time. The first is that this is California, the fifth-largest economy in the world and the political launchpad that produced the Reagan revolution. The second is that it's getting easier to follow Arnold's example: The political barriers to entry are dropping across the country, even for candidates who happen not to be rich action heroes trained to shrug off chains..."

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