PRESTOPUNDIT

Richard Riordan endorses Schwarzenegger, and tells Arnold he was "pleasantly surprised" by Schwarzenegger's announcement yesterday -- according to Schwarzenegger in a public statement today, as the candidate took out papers needed to file in the race to replace the current Governor of California. Schwarzenegger says that in daily conversations with Riordan the former mayor of Los Angeles repeatedly urged him to run for governor of California -- and this tracks with Dick Riordan's quoted remarks in the press (see below).