Arnie set to terminate political role

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER has played the role of Hamlet more than the Terminator recently, deliberating whether to be or not to be a candidate for governor of California.

Now the actor, who turned 56 yesterday, appears on the verge of opting out of the role of a lifetime. His advisers say an announcement that he is not running in the Oct 7 recall election against Gov Gray Davis could come within days.

“He is at this juncture leaning against a run and we expect an announcement as early as the end of this week,” a senior adviser said Tuesday night.