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May also contain gushes of enthusiasm.

Monday, July 28, 2003


Arianna's in--just about

Salon just posted a cover story by founder/editor-in-chief David Talbot, more or less announcing Arianna Huffington's run for governor of California.

July 29, 2003  |  BRENTWOOD, Calif. -- It's not official yet, but she's off and running. That was the message at Arianna Huffington's home in posh Brentwood, Calif., on Sunday afternoon, where several dozen political activists and advisors gathered to hear the author and Salon columnist make her case for jumping into the race to recall California Gov. Gray Davis. The only thing that would keep Huffington out of what is shaping up as an electoral free-for-all would be the sudden entry of a major Democratic rival to Davis -- and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the only likely such 800-pound gorilla, is still rejecting entreaties to rescue the party from the rapidly melting Davis.

"If Feinstein runs, I won't," Huffington told the Sunday gathering. "This campaign is to win, not to be a spoiler and hand the state over to the Republicans."

Wow. I have a little trouble picturing it, but if Ah-nuld bows out or tanks and the recall goes against Davis. Maybe. And I would LOVE to see her governor. A smart Jesse Ventura. And a wisecracker who's actually funny. Man, she would shake things up. I would kill to see that woman take over a major state. I'd actually rather see her in there than Diane Feinstein.

She said she'll make it official next week, "I want to wait just a few days to see if any political reasons emerge for me not to run." Which Talbot translates as "a last-minute entry by Feinstein."

Keep watching. This could get really interesting. In a good way, for once.
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