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Mass Equality, a militant gay organization pushing for national gay marriage, has announced that it plans to do a petition drive in South Boston during the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Petitioners will approach individuals and families watching the parade, urging people to sign their petition which demands national gay marriage rights. As you might expect, Catholics and parents who plan to be at the parade with their kids are angry at this latest assault and are calling-in to the show to protest. The Mass Equality rep is countering that her organization has the right to do this and that anyone...

WALNUT CREEK - This very odd political campaign spawned a very odd political event Monday night - a kinda, sorta, more-or-less, quasi, facsimile, pseudo-facade of a faux-debate between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two critics of the ballot measures he wants voters to approve on Nov. 8 - and Schwarzenegger delivered a strong performance to claim at least a semi-victory. Had it been a real debate, Schwarzenegger and his rivals would have mixed it up face-to-face. Instead, Schwarzenegger and his foes, state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata and California Nurses Association chief Rose Ann DeMoro, appeared in separate segments of...

WALNUT CREEK - For the first time since he called a special election, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stood before an unscreened audience Monday night and fielded random questions about his initiatives. But the unusual format, dictated by Schwarzenegger and his campaign team, infuriated his foes, who called it "just another Schwarzenegger performance." "He defined all the rules before we got started," said Gale Kaufman, the lead political strategist for the campaign against Schwarzenegger's special election initiatives. "He got to do another show, which he's very good at, but that's all it was. Nothing more than showmanship." Sell It Yourself Schwarzenegger has...