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or Senator.

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That's in 2010 (Boxer). California needs a traditional, Republican, gubernatorial candidate by early next year.

The CAGOP has an excellent opportunity and a bullet proof excuse to dump the Austrian liberal. The announced Democrat candidates in 2006 are weak and California would be a tough market for another celebrity fool thanks to recent events should Reiner try to emerge from the shadows.

Bilbray may not be the best answer but the CAGOP can salvage their reputation and rectify the chaos they've enabled if they select a stable, predictable, marketable candidate by January 2006.