If California elected officials had their way, President George W. Bush would step off Air Force One tomorrow in San Jose and be frisked for his checkbook.

Day two of the “show me the money” campaign included both a reiteration from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that he intends to push for levee repair cash, as well as new demands– and criticism– from Democrats of both Bush and Schwarzenegger.

First, the governor… whose photo op this morning at the state’s Office of Emergency Services included a new round of pointed comments about the Bush Administration’s lack of action on California’s levee problems.

“It’s amazing to me that the federal officials who did such a terrible job with [Hurricane] Katrina,” said Schwarzenegger, “haven’t learned a few lessons yet.”

But Democrats seized on the opportunity to knock two Republicans with one stone, criticizing Schwarzenegger in a conference call for everything from a lack of pull with the President, to the ineffectiveness of his formal requests for federal help.

“So far,” said Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (D-LA), “the diplomatic route that the governor has taken has absolutely not worked.”

Nunez and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) sent a letter to both the President and Governor Schwarzenegger today asking for “real action.”

And in the conference call with reporters, the best line may have come from Congresswoman Lofgren, who said that Bush may not even be President were it not for Schwarzenegger.

“We’re all aware of the efforts that Governor Schwarzenegger put forth in that crucial state of Ohio that got President Bush elected,” she said. “And I think it’s time for him to collect some chits, not for himself, but for the people of the state of California.”