Kevin Spillane
Kevin Spillane
both candidates cover peril relates whatever
I think all of the candidates are ducking for cover as it relates to immigration. Whatever they do, they know it's fraught with peril on both sides.
becoming best gets guaranteed looking route
In general, you really are looking at the best route to becoming governor. It's not a guaranteed route, but it's the best one. It gets you on the field.
campaign hard money offices
It was hard enough to get money for these down-ballot offices before, and now with these new campaign limits, it's even harder.
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The federal government's problems with the prescription drug program has been manna from heaven for Schwarzenegger. It gave him an opportunity to show he was doing his job.
avoid duck issue possible trying
They can only duck the issue for so long. One way or another, they're going to have to make some choices, but they're going to be trying to avoid that as much as possible for as long as possible.
arnold caricature defeated reality yesterday
What was defeated yesterday was a caricature of Arnold Schwarzenegger, not the reality of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
exhaustion feeling november soon special
There's still a feeling of exhaustion so soon after the November special election.
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The Terminator is now acting like Gray Davis, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian. Yes, you do get re-elected when you're boring -- as all those people did.
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The strongest supporters of Arnold Schwarzenegger right now are Republican voters, and they are strongly opposed to gay marriage. If the governor were to sign the legislation, the support would collapse among his base. It would negatively affect turnout for the special election, as well as badly damage his expected re-election campaign.
needed victory
Schwarzenegger needed a victory, and he didn't get it. But it's not the end of the world.
claimed convention grip large members number party speaking
The convention is in the wild-eyed grip of pragmatists. The conservatives who claimed to be speaking for a large number of party members couldn't back that up.
It's a lose-lose for her. She has my sympathy.
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The governor's looking for a success, and the voters aren't going to measure a success by the size of the bond. The details aren't as important as the public image of him having a success.
enjoy next popcorn three
We can take out our popcorn and enjoy the show for the next three months.