Speaking of ads (digression alert) I just heard a Bush ad by the National Right to Life org. It described partial birth abortion and pointed out that Kerry is for them and Bush is against them. Simple and unsophisticated ad, but it made the point just fine. It was during Rush on a local low wattage Clear Channel station. This is the first radio ad for either Bush or Kerry I remember hearing. I guess California is not a battleground state.
Wish Arnold would have been a better Republican and earlier on worked the state over with Bush... I think if he had done that we'd be close enough in the polls between Bush and Kerry to have at least some $$$ spent here (if by no one else at least the Dems to make sure they held the state - and kept up their overall popular vote total nationwide (makes it hard to go to court and whine publicly if they lose both popular and electoral vote this time).
I just heard a similar ad in my own market -- they were supporting Anne Northup and Bush.