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SACRAMENTO — It looks like state Sen. Chuck Poochigian can save some money this spring in his run for state attorney general. His opponent in June's Republican primary, former U.S. ambassador-at-large Pierre Prosper, announced Thursday he was dropping out of the race. Prosper, who advised the Bush administration on war crimes issues until last year, said in a statement that his campaign did not meet fundraising goals and "we realized that the Republican primary would be an uphill battle." Prosper's campaign reported having $53,871 cash on hand as of Dec. 31, the latest reporting period. The Poochigian campaign reported having...

O.K. Here's the deal.I met with Ambassador Prosper last night, and he appears to be the PERFECT candidate to be California's new Attorney General, or possibly even to replace Dianne Feinstein as our Senator. Either way, we will have a HUGE uphill fight -- since his is not yet a household name -- so we will need to generate as much FREE publicity as we can get, to help get the word out about this EXTRAORDINARILY well-qualified candidate.One way to do this might be to get more name recognition by working with his non-traditional LAST NAME: "Prosper." In particular, I...