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SACRAMENTO, Sept. 8 — A crowd at a mall in California's capital greeted Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife Maria Shriver with hostility Monday as she made her first solo appearance in the unpredictable gubernatorial campaign.
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Yet opponents of the recall, including union members, gathered outside a Sacramento Wal-Mart to shout, carry placards and otherwise express their opposition to the recall when Shriver appeared at a voter registration booth. ''She's over here promoting a company that's refusing to pay health care for its workers,'' said Bill Camp, executive secretary of the Sacramento Central Labor Council. ''She should be ashamed. Her grandfather would be appalled.''
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In the face of renewed focus on old Schwarzenegger interviews about his fast life as a bodybuilder in the 1970s, Shriver could help widen support for her husband. In her brief remarks, she spoke of the difficulty of maintaining a normal family life for their four children in such a campaign.
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Gov. Davis' wife, Sharon, has actively campaigned for her husband in recent weeks, bringing a warmth and personal style to the campaign trial that even Davis' allies say he lacks.
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