George Skelton suggests the Terminator is on the comeback trail:

As the Democratic candidates battle each other for their party's nomination, the Republican governor is quietly healing his wounds and moving into better position to run for reelection.

Skelton says Schwarzenegger is getting help from Democrats in the state legislature on his bond proposal because "Democratic lawmakers care less about hurting their party's future gubernatorial nominee than they do about polishing their own image, which is even more tarnished than the governor's."

RELATED: Marc Cooper just posted a nifty bit in LA Weekly detailing the weekend he spent "hanging out with the party hacks in Sacramento" at the convention of the California Democratic Party. Says Cooper, " it's worth spending a few days a year ambling around like a zombie just to remind yourself how utterly brain-dead both major political parties are."