After his speech at the National Press Club today, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked to name other politicians who are modeling what he calls "post-partisanship."

"The Governator" declined to name any names, but during his speech, the Republican took a swipe at Sen. Jim Webb, Virginia Democrat, while criticizing the "division" and "bitterness" in U.S. politics.

"I read where the president asked a senator about his son who is in Iraq," Mr. Schwarzenegger said. "The senator's dismissive reply was not in the spirit of the question. How did that reply advance the public good?"

In November, Mr. Webb slighted President Bush during a White House reception for newly elected senators.

Mr. Bush asked Mr. Webb, a former Marine, about his son, currently a Marine serving in Iraq.

"How's your boy?" Mr. Bush asked Mr. Webb.

Mr. Webb replied that he'd like his son and the rest of the U.S. military to get out of Iraq, to which Mr. Bush replied: "I didn't ask you that. I asked how he's doing."

Mr. Webb later told an aide, according to The Hill newspaper, that he was tempted to punch the president.

Mr. Schwarzenegger, who says he has learned from dealing with California's Democrat-controlled legislature that politicians must work together, said "division is what Washington has come to represent."

-- Jon Ward, Capitol Hill correspondent, The Washington Times