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Dear D,

You're a great American. Your participation in the political process is testimony to our rights as citizens. Your DV system is further testimony to those same rights, regardless of what AOL-TW or ABC-DIS think.

Keep on producing and keep on shooting!

The more experience you have with the DV editing systems and the faster you can crank it out... the more formidable you become.

I share your analysis of the past campaign. The reason Davis wins in California is probably the vote in the South Central and Oakland area. The vote appears to be slanted to the left regardless of who runs. So, the candidate on the GOP ticket needs to either appeal to that group and divide them, or the candidate needs to so overwhelmingly appeal to others than it discounts the remainder.

Simon had a shot at this strategy when Davis irritated the Latino vote with his hypocrisy on immigration issues.

Suffice it to say, the Davis camp has a problem with having to walk the talk.

It seemed like as the campaign wore on, the GOP became less interested in having any of the top California statewide slots. After all, why should the GOP have to clean up a RAT mess?

Well, it certainly is a Rat's nest in here.

Unfortunately, the results of this election feel almost like a mandate for Davis to continue his "defer and add debt" strategy. Then he runs for President in 2004(*) seconds before the state declares bankruptcy.

Surely he realizes that if he had raised taxes or cut spending substantially before the election, he would have lost big. The deferrals of pain worked for him politically.

This is one of the main reasons I worked so hard to try and defeat the guy. He simply does not think past the next election. This is why his global warming bill does nothing now, but grows teeth in 2006, when his successor will have to deal with it.

As for my career as video maker, I'm having too much fun to stop - the question is not if but when and what. Obviously I've made my last Simon video for his 2002 campaign for governor, but I'm sure my camera will be at his service when he runs again.

D

(*) I think some kind of run is almost a certainty. I think his defeat is also a certainty, but I don't think that will stop him from running.