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From The Condor ...

"But debates do not really tell us whether a candidate can govern and lead. In fact, some of the skills of the debater are antithetical to leadership. KQED's Krasny pointed out that political debates need heat and tension. That is just what a governor, who is facing hidebound ideologues in both parties, does not need. His job is to defuse heat and tension and fashion a solution. "

More relevant to governing than debate skills, would be to have candidates make a sales call. Persuade someone to do what you want them to do. But we do have that test - it's the money race. A candidate who inspires people to give up their cold, hard cash is very persuasive.

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More proof of the importance of golf to the Ueberoth donors. Two more AT&T participants appear on his fundraising list; Nicholas Brady and Robert Lurie.

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Tom McClintock has just announced the endorsement of (drumroll please) Andy Russo! Yeah no one else knows him either.

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Nephew Patrick and I were amongst the throngs at the State Fair on Monday to greet Arnold. He was very enthused as he snapped a close-up photo of Arnold and shook his hands. Pat enjoys he benefits of being young and tall (he's 22 yrs, 6'6") and maneuvered himself right up front. Hope to post his pic soon.

Apparently Arnold invited some (or all?) of the other Republican candidates to join him at the fair. A couple of them were trying to work the crowd near me. One was a fellow with a long ponytail and the other was a woman from Placer County named Cheryl. I don't kow why, but this morning I looked her up on the web and realized that she was the younger sister of a college roommate of mine. Don't really remember much about her, but they grew up in a beautiful house on the bluffs of the American River in Carmichael. I don't know what would make a person want to run for gov as a novelty candidate. If you love your state, don't you realize that the thousand or so votes you take away from a mainstream candidate might be what makes him lose? It was only 3 years ago that the Presidency was won by that margin.

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Here's how they're going to get all those young new prospects to the polls. (Scroll Down). Rarely have I thought that same day registration is a good idea, but right now it doesn't seem so bad.

Hey look who's nearly at the top of the endorsement list of Schwarzenegger for Governor ... My old gang at the California Young Republicans.

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You've read that 20 Assembly Republicans have endorsed Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor. Here's the list of the Assemblymen and women who did the endorsing:
Greg Aghazarian,
Patrica Bates (Vice-Chair of Appropriations),
John Benoit,
Russ Bogh,
John Campbell (Vice-Chair of Budget),
Lynn Daucher,
Bonnie Garcia,
Tom Harman,
Shirley Horton,
Guy Houston,
Doug LaMalfa
Tim Leslie,
Abel Maldonado,
Kevin McCarthy,
Robert Pacheco,
George Plescia,
Keith Richman,
Sharon Runner,
Todd Spitzer,
Mark Wyland

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Ghosts of the Past ... McC's contribution report includes donations from Bill Dannemeyer, Gil Ferguson, Ben Gilmore and Shawn Steele. (I know it's inside baseball, but I can't help it.)

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The Californians for Schwarzenegger are having a fundraiser luncheon at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento on Saturday, September 6th. Want to go? I'm organizing a table. E-mail me for info.

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I'm officially a Californian for Schwarzenegger. Look here.

And it looks like I may have been their very first donor ;^)