California Special Election Watch: Schwarzenegger in FULL Campaign Mode

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to the media while touring the Koreatown Galleria in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. Elected two years ago to shake up a stagnated statehouse, the Republican governor is trying out various campaign messages in the closing days of a political campaign in which he hopes to push through a slate of ballot initiatives that would weaken public employee unions and clamp down on state spending.

The San Francisco Chronicle has Schwarzenegger trolls for votes at San Diego restaurant

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded into a lunchtime crowd Sunday to kick off a final full week of campaigning for his four state ballot initiatives, telling customers waiting on shrimp salad and clam chowder that lawmakers have failed them.

Schwarzenegger emerged quietly, without introduction, from the kitchen of Point Loma Seafoods. For 45 minutes, he shook hands, handed out campaign booklets, signed autographs and posed for photos. There were no speeches, no loudspeakers and — unlike many of his appearances — no protests.

“Remember one thing: the Legislature couldn’t do it, so the people have to do it,” he told one customer.

“The people have done a better job than the Legislature,” he told another, his voice barely carrying in the noisy crowd.

With close races for Proposition 74 and 75 the Governor has taken the show on the road. Will it be enough?

Why, of course!

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to members of the Persian community during a roundtable discussion in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005.

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Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page