Gov. Arnold: Don't Build the Wall

Gov. Arnold has apparently decided that his best plan for the '06 election is to abandon his base and pander to the pro-illegal immigration crowd:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday said that building a 700-mile wall along the Mexican border to deter illegal immigration would amount to "going back to the Stone Ages," and instead urged the use of high-tech gear and more patrols to secure the nation's southern boundary.

"We are landing men on the moon and in outer space using all these great things. I think that other technology really can secure the borders," the Republican governor said in an interview on ABC's "This Week."

This sounds surprisingly like Hillary Clinton's "smart fence" that she wants to build. At least she's willing to admit that a wall of some sort would be helpful.

Responding to polls showing that a strong majority of Americans support building a wall across the U.S.-Mexican border, 2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton announced Saturday that she backs a border wall plan that would include both physical barriers and a "smart fence."

"A physical structure is obviously important," Mrs. Clinton told the New York Daily News. "A wall in certain areas would be appropriate."

The News said she also supported deploying a high-tech "smart fence" that could spot people approaching from 200 or 300 yards. Clinton said the deployment of surveillance drones and infrared cameras should be considered as well.

Somebody needs to send these polls to Arnold and remind him that as a former governor, nobody will care what he thinks.