I’m told that Treasurer Phil Angelides, who has a narrow lead in the Democratic primary for governor of California, shot his own TV spot late last week in Sacramento to match the advertising that his rival, Controller Steve Westly, is rolling out in test markets. The spot is said to include footage of the frontrunner before enthusiastic supporters at a faux rally. Is this spot intended for air in the very near future, which might trigger a premature spending war with the super-rich Westly? Or is it intended, at least at the moment, to reassure financial supporters? The Angelides campaign says its policy will be to not comment on the existence or lack of same of the ad or about its plans.
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“Faux rally,” priceless, freaking priceless.
Do they have him making ‘faux’ promises?
I can’t wait for the first “We’re not going to give away the ingredients to the secret sauce” quote of the year.
It’ll be even better if a candidate mangles it like Bill Simon did in 2002: “It’s the sauce, Dan. The sauce.”
Let’s not get all Baudrillard.
Hey, it is California, land of the simulacrum.
Think about it: if say, 5 years ago, you were sitting in a movie theatre and you saw a trailer for a movie about politics starring Arnold playing the Governor of the country’s most important state, you would have guffawed, you would have said, ‘stick to the action movies Arnold.’ He would not have been taken seriously in such a movie role.
Yes, it’s California, where nothing is implausible, and where what you see is all there is.
Actually, I always thought Arnold had a good chance to be governor, and predicted he would be over three years ago. He’s very smart, very famous, had a ton of money, people liked his optimism, he was very well positioned on the issues for California, the Republicans had no one else, and voters were likely to be sick of Democrats with both houses in Dem hands and after eight years of a Dem administration.
But would you have taken him seriously as an actor playing a Governor in a serious dramatic movie?
Ironically, Arnold was more credible as an potential candidate than he was as an actor playing a candidate.
Exactly.
What a state!
It’s a fantastic state!
How much did Phil Angelides pay ralliers to look enthusiastic about him?
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