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Cox & Forkum: Indefensible
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Hometown Terminates Schwarzenegger from Web Sites
The stadium at Graz, Austria, on Monday Dec, 26, 2005, after the name of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was removed from the stadium overnight. Officials in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s hometown Graz, removed his name from the soccer stadium overnight, complying with the California governor’s demand in a bitter dispute over his death penalty stance. Schwarzenegger had written to the mayor of Graz a week ago, asking that his name be removed after local activists called for the stadium to be renamed because of Schwarzenegger’s refusal to block the execution of convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams in California.
The ASSociated Press has Schwarzenegger Deleted From Web Sites
The Terminator has been terminated in his hometown. On Tuesday, a day after officials in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Austrian birthplace of Graz removed his name from a soccer stadium to comply with the California governor’s wishes, they deleted references to him on the city’s Web sites. Schwarzenegger earlier this month wrote to Graz officials asking for his name to be removed from the stadium and ordering the city to stop using it for promotional purposes.
He was reacting to fierce criticism from opponents in his hometown who denounced him for refusing to block the Dec. 13 execution in California of Stanley Tookie Williams.
Late Sunday or early Monday, Graz officials took down the large metal letters spelling out Schwarzenegger’s name on the 15,300-seat arena. On Tuesday, the mayor’s office said references to the actor-turned- politician were scrubbed from Graz’s main Web site and from a sister site devoted to the region’s sports scene.
“It’s all settled,” Thomas Rajakovics, a spokesman for Graz Mayor Siegfried Nagl, told Austrian media.
Although special folders and presentations devoted to Schwarzenegger were expunged from Graz’s official site, http://www.graz.at , the site still carried a news account of the renaming of the stadium, which had borne the governor’s name since 1997.
Graz officials are as immature as the Governor.
Good Grief!
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California Election 2006 Watch: Hard-core Liberal Versus a Weathervane
California Treasurer Phil Angelides Vs.
California Controller Steve Westly
The Los Angeles Times has Primary Fight May Be Bitter
Democratic hopefuls Phil Angelides and Steve Westly appear to be headed for a harsh showdown in the race to take on Schwarzenegger.With big-name Democrats passing up the chance to make a run at ousting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the party’s June primary is taking shape as a race between two virtual unknowns who appear headed toward a harsh campaign that some party leaders fear could benefit the Republican incumbent.
“The Democrats can’t afford a bitter and nasty campaign,” said state party Chairman Art Torres. “The voters will be turned off by that.”
The Democrats will have a costly and politically harsh primary race for Governor. Both candidates are major arena untested candidates who will have many opportunities for gaffs and missteps.
With Governor Schwarzenegger’s poll numbers in the tank and with his Republican base deserting him, the election is really the Democrat’s to lose.
Day by day, the clash of the two Democrats is creating openings for potential Schwarzenegger attacks on whoever prevails.
“It’s a hard-core liberal versus a weathervane,” said Schwarzenegger communications director Rob Stutzman.
Up to now, the campaign has mainly been a hunt for money to pay for television advertising in the spring. As of Sept. 30, Angelides had $15.2 million in the bank, and Westly, $13.3 million.
Beyond the money contest, Angelides and Westly have also been dashing around the state trying to line up key supporters. In that contest, Angelides has taken a wide lead, collecting hundreds of endorsements. Among his most prominent backers are a Bay-area trio — Feinstein, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — that his advisors hope will appeal especially to women, who cast the majority of the votes in the party’s primaries, and Democrats in party strongholds around San Francisco.
With ethnic politics an important aspect of any Democratic primary, Angelides has also cornered such key African American supporters as basketball star Magic Johnson and Rep. Maxine Waters of Los Angeles.
Villaraigosa, the top Latino politician in Southern California, has not taken sides.
Westly, who has scored dozens of endorsements from less well-known supporters, has used his rival’s advantage in that area to bolster his case that Angelides is a Sacramento insider.
Will California conservative Republicans re-register (change parties) to vote in the June California Primary for Steve Westly?
Or….
Will they abandon Schwarzenegger and support AIP (American Independent Party) candidate Jim Gilchrist?
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Day By Day by Chris Muir