Karen Feld reports that an “overly orange-dyed hair, Arnold Schwarzenegger - walking on a drug store stick with the price tag in plain view - opted to attend the White House dinner and the National Governors Association in Washington over the ‘green’ Oscars, Sunday evening.”

“I have a great White House dinner and then go home and see the Academy Awards,” he told Feld. ”That’s technology - TiVo.”

And when the longtime Washington gossip ran into Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine at President Bush’s annual dinner for the nation’s governors at The White House, she pressed him as to why he felt the need to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination so early in the election cycle.

“I have a good personal relationship with Barack. He’s a transformational figure,” Kaine replied. “I do things when my gut tells me.”

He also told her that he hasn’t made any deals with Obama for a possible cabinet seat. “If Obama wins, I’ll still be governor for another year and I promise - hear that - ‘promise’ to stay in the governor’s office ’til the last day.”