Lowe Backs Schwarzenegger

[Lemon Lyman]

Actor Rob Lowe to work on Schwarzenegger campaign
From Charles Feldman
CNN Los Angeles Bureau
Saturday, August 16, 2003 Posted: 5:40 AM EDT (0940 GMT)

Actor Rob Lowe joins investor Warren Buffett and former Treasury Secretary George Shultz on Schwarzenegger's campaign.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Rob Lowe, who played a political operative on "The West Wing" television show, will become one in real life for fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is running for governor of California, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger's campaign said Friday.

We are "gratified to have his support," said Robert Stutzman, who told CNN that Lowe will help recruit others in the Hollywood community. Lowe is a Democrat while Schwarzenegger is running as a Republican.

At this time, Stutzman said, Lowe does not have any official title with the campaign and his future role seems to be still evolving. Lowe "plans on being active," Stutzman said.

Schwarzenegger has been gathering big-name advisers in much the way a Hollywood producer would assemble an all-star cast for a blockbuster movie.

[Flamingo]

Attleboro Sun Chronicle 18th Aug 03

BURBANK, Calif. - Actor Rob Lowe, who played a White House aid on television, has joined real-life politics by volunteering for Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign.

Lowe, a longtime Democrat, said he believes the action-star has injected new energy into California politics.Schwarzenegger is, "motivating and energizing people in this state that haven't been interested in politics in many, many years," Lowe said in a taped interview with the syndicated TV entertainment newsmagazine show "Extra", slated to air Monday. Despite their party differences, Lowe said he wanted to help the Republican candidate unseat Gov. Gray Davis in the Oct. 7 recall election because Schwarzenegger will "put the people above partisan politics." Lowe, who will organize celebrity support for the campaign, described Schwarzenegger as a natural leader. "I know that when I'm on a set, I want to know who the director is. I don't want to have to guess," Lowe said. "That's what Arnold will bring to this state. He's a leader." The former "West Wing" star also described the campaign as: "a tremendous sacrifice for Arnold and for the family to give up their way of life _ the privacy they value so much." Lowe's participation in the campaign was announced Friday. He is one of several high profile advisers to join Schwarzenegger's team. Last week George P. Shultz, secretary of state during the Reagan administration, and billionaire Warren Buffet also announced they will assist the campaign. The latest polling suggests Davis is likely to be recalled and puts Schwarzenegger second, behind Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, among the 135 replacement candidates. The nonpartisan Field Poll showed Bustamante had the support of 25 percent of likely voters, and Schwarzenegger 22 percent, with a margin of error of 5 percentage points.