THE 5 MEANINGS OF ARNOLD.

The article reflects on the results of California's gubernatorial recall election and the voter choice of Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the Bush White House and Republicans across the country, there was no more heartening aspect of the election than the fact that Schwarzenegger cut deep into constituencies that Democrats regard as their own. It's probably wishful thinking for Republicans to predict that Schwarzenegger can put the nation's largest state into the red column for Bush next year, but now they can dream a little. California went for a Republican who sounds sort of like a Democrat, so it might follow that the best Democratic choice is one who sounds sort of like a Republican.There are not many other $30 million-per-movie action stars lining up to campaign in '04, but California's recall suggests that with a limping economy and continued problems overseas, voters across the nation are feeling skittish and might turn to a candidate just because he promises change.