Schwarzenegger loves road trips

When Arnold Schwarzenegger took office, he said over and over how excited he was to connect with the people of California.  But today we now know that this kind of interaction on a grassroots level was not physically possible, since one out of every five days since 2003 he was out of state:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been out of state all or part of 163days since his inauguration in November 2003 -- nearly one of every fivedays he's been in office.

The celebrity governor always promisedto promote California, and he's traveled as far as China to pitcheverything from avocados to zinfandel.

While many of Schwarzenegger's trips on official business areextensively publicized, he also can slip away on a private jet with ane-mail from his office: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has left the state."

Schwarzenegger'sregular and sometimes unexplained jaunts expose him to criticism thathe's shirking responsibility at home, which his office stronglydisputes.

As of last month, according to Survey USA, Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval rating stood at 35%.  Meanwhile, the California Governor criticized the President's Monday night speech on immigration, calling it a "Band-Aid solution."