Batman and governors

batmanIf Val Kilmer follows through on his thoughts of running for governor of New Mexico, “he’d be the second Batman movie star to be governor of a state,” noted MSNBC’s First Read blog — after Mr. Freeze-turned-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the blog forgot Jesse Ventura, who played an Arkham Asylum guard in the same movie that featured Schwarzenegger, 1997’s “Batman & Robin,” before serving a term as Minnesota’s governor.