Ravenwood - 10/03/03 06:00 AM
The mud is really flying at Arnold. The character assassination is typical in the last week of any Gray Davis campaign. Amazing how these stories just pop up out of nowhere, right before the voting starts, isn't it?
The GOP did Davis a huge favor by endorsing Schwarzenegger. Now that the mud is flying, they cannot exactly switch their endorsement to McClintock without looking like complete boobs. And, as someone who has lived his life in the spotlight, digging up the dirt probably wasn't too hard. Actually, the Davis campaign had most of this before Arnold even decided to run.
We'll find out next Tuesday whether or not any of Davis' mud sticks to the muscle bound actor. It probably won't, but with any luck it will. I like Arnold, and I like his movies. I just don't see him as being a good Governor.
This isn't a Gray Davis specialty. It's a tactic that will figure prominently in Democratic campaigns until it stops working. Some wag called it the "late hit."
Remember the revelation of Dubya's DWI conviction, five days before the 2000 presidential ballot?
Now we have these accuastions leveled at the foremost Republican challenger for the California governorship, five days before the ballot.
This is no coincidence.
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