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FYI, Below is a copy of an e-mail sent to Tom McClintock's people this morning. IMPORTANT, "out-of-the-box" strategy to assure conservative win. Thoughts & help to move it along?... Thank you. joralink@hotmail.com

YOU HEARD IT HEREIt's unclear how many Republicans will jump into the race for governor of California, but a lot of people are looking. No one Washington seriously expects former Rep. Jack Kemp to enter the race, however. "He hasn't shown an interest to run for anything in his entire career other than from defensive linemen and for his safe House seat," says a Washington insider, who knows Kemp. "He wouldn't run for a leadership post in the House when the party needed him. He wouldn't run for Senator in New York or California, when the party needed him....

quot;On primary election night, Simon made the comparison to Reagan explicit. The early Reagan, he said, was quot;short on experience, but long on principle, vision and optimism.quot; It was a nice try to tie himself to the man who beat Pat Brown. But unless something changes dramatically, it's more likely that in 2002, it's the California Republicans, not the Democrats, who will have orchestrated a battle they are destined to lose.quot;