Although Schwarzenegger’s run to replace Gov. Gray Davis is playing like the second coming for mainstream Republicans, it threatens to open a nasty rift between the Bush administration and the right-wing Christians to whom it usually kowtows.

kowtow (v) 1: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape, genuflect] 2: tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kotow, suck up] – source: George Bush’s Terminator problem