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Schwarzenegger failed to help out with the recall early on, and that failure didn't win him any friends. Quotable.

But some Republicans are openly nonplused by a potential Schwarzenegger candidacy. "I will be blunt: If Arnold wanted to run for governor through the recall, Arnold should have helped the recall," said Republican Assemblyman Ray Haynes, an early supporter of the recall. "We shopped the idea of the recall to a variety of people, including Schwarzenegger's representatives, and they chose not to get involved," said Haynes. "The person who chose to get involved and to make this recall go...was [Rep.] Darrell Issa.