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I don't think anything will get through the babble except a campaign gaffe humiliation of its own of epic proportions. Bush/Ventura. Did facts, ridicule, debates, issues, anything overcome the "it" factor? I think it is more focussed to get directly at the base, the starry-eyed yahoo for the rebel outsider, even if this means- as Davis did with Riordan- promoting one of Arnie's rivals.

I think if you come straight at the guy with a duel of PR campaigns or speeches that don't play on the same field as the GOP media blitz it won't be enough. Arnold hardly towers above any of the other contenders already in readiness or mental capacity. Time to take apart his strength. No one is going to pay attention to his weaknesses. He thinks he knows what pressure and competition is all about. His handlers will be there to protect him. Break through that. The low expectations and government donnybrook is such that the yahoos think ANYONE could and should get in to shake up the mess. Stop that image too before you get the wise old reporters starting to cozy up to the notion. Just showing the GOP as disruptors is not quite enough since their goal of trashing the whole government in everyone's eyes is a big enough victory. Help the candidate who is popular enough and entertaining enough to get under Arnold's skin and puncture this stupid balloon. Tout the candidates vis a vis good ideas and serious solutions that Arnold could not possibly even understand much less support.

Transform the negative recall into a search for new ideas over empty suit leadership. Reform and Democratic RESPONSIVENESS not surly circling of wagons. Good humor, better humor than rerun movie quips. Bring in Clinton and Gore. Revitalize. And as mentioned above. Declare war on Enron and those who threaten to take over the sate ultimately. Enthusiastic outreach to Latinos. Quietly build a big base around a single Dem candidate without saying as much. Celebrate democracy. Level the egos and Arnold sinks into a sidewalk star. Let people let off steam. Respond to their ideas.