July 28, 2003

NY Times will he or won't he watch:

Arnold Schwarzenegger is "leaning strongly against" entering the race for governor of California and will announce his decision by the end of the week, a senior adviser said today ...

The actor met with his political advisers this morning and told them that he was concerned about the effect the race would have on his school-age children, one adviser said. Mr. Schwarzenegger told his aides that his wife, Maria Shriver, a television reporter and niece of President John F. Kennedy, had concerns about a possible candidacy because of the loss of privacy and potential physical threat it might entail.

Note the bogus "$60 million" recall cost number tossed out at the end of the article by a Davis campaign hack. This is made up number, not the actual estimated cost of the recall, which will cost in the $30 - $35 million according to the Democrat State Sec. of State. Does the NY Times have a fact checker or is it just standard NY Times practice publishing inaccurate Democratic party talking points without remark? Davis himself is spreading around the "$60 million" number. And where did the number come from? It's the number which Davis polsters found voters felt uncomfortable with, when the actual Sec. of State's numbers didn't bother them. Hence the peddling of the fabricated "$60 million" number, which you will hear again and again in future days.

Posted by Greg Ransom