Setback for the McCain Campaign?

Poor John McCain, After winning Florida, and picking up Rudy Giuliani's endorsement, everything seemed to be going his way. But now, a serious setback -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is backing him (rimshot).

All kidding aside, I do wonder if the Arnold endorsement isn't what it used to be. With Schwarzenegger ringing up a Gray Davis-sized deficit, his aura has certainly taken a hit. This is gimme material for the attack dogs in the Romney campaign. Heck, I'll do their job for them ...

Chris channels his inner-campaign consultant. Behold the TV spot:

TWINS

Two big spenders.
One agenda.

John McCain says Arnold Schwarzenegger has been "a fantastic governor." But what's so fantastic about a $14 billion deficit? About shutting down state parks? About releasing 20,000 felons from prison early?

And Schwarzenegger says that McCain would be a great choice for president. Of course, Arnold also thinks Fabian Nunez and Don Perata are great choices for California' s legislature -- that's why he just endorsed Prop. 93, which is designed to keep these ethically-challenged lifetime politicians in power even longer.

If California's budget and Prop. 93 tell us anything about Schwarzenegger's judgment, California Republicans might want to be skeptical of his latest endorsement.

Maybe Arnold's just jealous of Romney -- after all Mitt was able to pass health-care reform ...

Oooh, what a rush! Campaign snark is so easy, so fun! For the record, although I'm a Huckabee guy, I'm sympathetic to McCain in what increasingly appears to becoming a two-man Romney-McCain race. So the above press release shouldn't be seen as a reflection of my actual preference in Tuesday's vote. I just wanted to show how easily the Arnold endorsement could be turned against McCain -- and I couldn't resist the chance to play campaign spinmeister for a few minutes.

Now if I only I could get paid like one ...