I'm surprised, no one has posted this.
http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3471755HOLLYWOOD - Actor Mel Gibson has been tipped by some Californian Republicans as the next showbiz governor of the state, in a bid to oust increasingly unpopular Arnold Schwarzenegger from office.
The Braveheart star has become the subject of an electioneering Web site boasting an online petition begging him to stand for office next year—despite Gibson never having voiced a desire to enter politics.
Schwarzenegger's poll ratings have plummeted in recent weeks after a succession of ballot losses and the controversial appointment of a Democrat as his chief of staff.
Mike Spence, mastermind of the Gibson Internet campaign and president of the state's Republican Assembly, says, "We have to look for alternatives to the governor because he's been behaving like someone who wants to go back to Hollywood." More....