The Terminator Endorses the Pitbull

Mercury (Tasmania) quotes Arnold Schwarzenegger via their California correspondents:

He’s a crusader, has a great vision in protecting the environment and also protecting simultaneously the economy. He has incredible credentials in national security and of course, he is a fantastic, outstanding public servant. He is a great American hero and an extraordinary leader. This is why I am endorsing him to be our next president of the United States.”

The Baltimore Sun’s Washington Bureau reports this opens a “flood of endorsements”:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s endorsement of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) headlined a day of prominent Republicans jumping onto McCain’s frontrunning campaign for the GOP nomination. Former Missouri Sen. John Danforth, an outspoken critic of the party’s rightward turn on social issues, endorsed McCain this morning.

McCain promised a “flood” of upcoming endorsements from “liberals and conservatives” in his press conference this morning, including one later today from Texas Gov. Rick Perry.