(Dallas Morning News) The drive to get Arnold Schwarzenegger into the White House starts here, in a former French restaurant deep in Silicon Valley.

The political war room is a jumble of lamps with price tags still on, unpacked boxes of office equipment and two dozen extra chairs. But it's well stocked with hats, buttons and T-shirts emblazoned with "Amend for Arnold" and "Girlie-man for Arnold."

"We're still on the flat part of takeoff," said Richard Hilt, who helps on the phones and mail when he's not trying to get his renewable-energy business off the ground.

Leading the charge is Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, a retired money manager and Schwarzenegger fan trying to rally support nationwide to change the Constitution so foreign-born citizens can be president.