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McClintock Answers Davis' Bid To Debate Schwarzenegger Conservative Passion, Large Crowds Keep McClintock In Recall Race 3:14 p.m. PDT September 29, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO -- Conservative state Sen. Tom McClintock at a Monday afternoon press conference surprised those who thought he would be announcing that he was dropping out of the recall race when he announced that he wanted to take Arnold Schwarzenegger's place in debating Gov. Gray Davis. Last week, Davis posed a challenge to Schwarzenegger to debate with him, stating that Schwarzenegger apparently had more pressing matters, McClintock said he would be happy to take Schwarzenegger's place. "If...

Arnold is not as Arnold does Lionel Van Deerlin Van Deerlin represented a San Diego County district in Congress for 18 years. 'Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. ... "So begins King David's 133rd Psalm. The words came back to me as I scanned the list of San Diego sponsors for a fund-raising extravaganza in our state's recall campaign. It involves $1,000 checks, as the price of entry, signed by loyal Republicans who'll be turning out next week for Arnold Schwarzenegger.As befits this event, they're holding it at the five-star Westgate...

Although they're not scheduled to formally debate until September 24, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom McClintock had the opportunity to engage in some verbal sparring Friday morning. The hosts of the "Armstrong and Getty" talk radio program, which airs on KSTE-AM in Sacramento, orchestrated a surprise on-air confrontation between the two candidates. McClintock entered the studio during a telephone interview with Schwarzenegger, and the two had their first public conversation since the campaign began. McClintock immediately took the offensive, asking Schwarzenegger to participate in a debate at the state Republican convention, which starts today and runs through Sunday. "We've got a...

<p>Tony Marcano, ombudsman of The Bee, asks a good question: “How does a newspaper go about effectively covering 133 candidates” in the California recall?</p> <p>"There’s no precedent for it," writes Marcano. "There’s nothing in the universal campaign coverage playbook about how to handle a three-digit candidates’ list, particularly one with such a motley cast of characters."</p>

Los Angeles - Californians for Moral Government previewed a television advertisement at the Republican State Convention today, which says there is little difference between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis and if that is the voters' choice then the recall is pointless. The narrator in the advertisement concludes with the question: "You have to ask yourself - if all we are doing is trading one bad liberal tax-raising politician for another - why bother with the recall?" "You may not need values to win an election but you need values to govern California," said CMG Chairman Rev. Louis P. Sheldon. "Neither...

<p>Washington -- Like British soccer fans, Tom McClintock's hard-core conservative supporters sound like they would rather burn down the stadium than switch their loyalty to Arnold Schwarzenegger, even if it means losing California's governorship to someone who makes Gov. Gray Davis look like a Republican.</p>

<p>Los Angeles -- Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused Friday to debate his top Republican rival, state Sen. Tom McClintock, saying it would not fit into his strategy for winning the recall replacement election Oct. 7.</p> <p>"I'm not going to go around and respond to individual challenges," Schwarzenegger said outside a Los Angeles manufacturing plant. "I have a plan to become the next governor of the state of California, and the best way to do that is to stay on course."</p>

September 12, 2003 Schwarzenegger, Shriver Do Oprah ALISON M. ROSEN Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't faring too well with the ladies. He recently came under attack for a 1977 interview he gave to Oui magazine, wherein he admitted to engaging in group sex at a gym and receiving oral sex during bodybuilding competitions. Reuters reports that a group of feminists recently staged a demonstration outside Schwarzenegger's campaign office to protest and raise awareness about what they deem to be his "misogynist views" and "crude behavior toward women." Enter Oprah Winfrey for damage control. Winfrey, a friend of the actor turned candidate and...

From Sep 29 issue of NR Magazine: Why Not McClintock? Recall facts. By NR Editors ast year, California governor Gray Davis vetoed a measure to let illegal immigrants have driver’s licenses, calling it a security threat. This year, he is pandering to Hispanic voters in order to defeat a recall election brought on by his own misgovernance. So he has signed the measure. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the leading Republican candidate to replace Davis, opposed it. (Nobody seems to be advocating the appropriate solution, which is that the illegals be given free rides, back to Mexico.) But Schwarzenegger is still offering little...

<p>As the California Republican Party convenes in Los Angeles this weekend, the question no Republican dared imagine five weeks ago now arises: Will Arnold Schwarzenegger drop out of the race and unite behind state Sen. Tom McClintock?</p> <p>In early August, GOP leaders were drooling over every sweet thought of winning the governorship with the "dream candidate," who was garnering more media attention than President Bush. Conservatives and moderates in the party were excited; independents and disgruntled Democrats even had an open ear. The honeymoon was hotter than a Oui interview.</p>

<p>The two leading candidates vying to replace Gov. Gray Davis (search) are taking aim at another issue on the Oct. 7 recall ballot: Proposition 54 (search), which seeks to limit what racial data the government can collect.</p> <p>Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante (search) was expected to announce Sunday that he would pour nearly $4 million into a campaign to defeat the measure. And Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger (search), who previously refused to take a position on the measure, said Saturday he opposed it.</p>

<p>With lines like "Game over" and "Hasta la vista, baby," action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger is deploying an off-the-shelf arsenal of pop-culture catchphrases in his campaign for governor of California.</p> <p>Some PR experts say it is an effective way of cutting through the clutter created by 135 candidates vying to replace Gov. Gray Davis.</p>