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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
CA 2006 Gubernatorial Race
Posted by Bob BrighamCalifornia: The State Attorney General Bill Lockyer has also entered:
First, the attorney general said he plans to run for governor next year, adding "it's not a formal announcement, but that's what I'm working on."Then, he criticized Schwarzenegger's leadership style, saying "I don't like to dwell on this. But it has a little bit of the sort of the odor of Austrian politics. There's a sort of arrogance of power that bothers me. You know, Arnold is still an Austrian citizen."
Asked pointedly if he were referring to Nazi-era Austria, the attorney general replied, "I'm just talking about the culture,'' he said, adding that there was a "long history from the Austria-Hungarian empire on, of sort of a more autocracy... it's a more elite system."
This is California politics:
Karen Hanretty, spokeswoman for the California Republican Party, quickly responded, calling Lockyer's statements appalling and outrageous. She sought to tie Lockyer and Angelides together as out of the mainstream with state voters."We have two spokesmen for the California Democratic Party today, one of them promoting tax increases, and the other comparing the governor to the Nazis," she said.
Angelides: $12.5 million
Lockyer: $11 million
This is going to be fun to watch. This primary has been building for a long time.
Posted at 07:22 PM in 2006 Elections - State, California | Technorati