Huffington might run for California governor

[salin]

Interesting twist....

Huffington might run for California governor
Saturday, July 26, 2003 Posted: 9:32 AM EDT (1332 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Former GOP congressman Michael Huffington will likely run for governor on the hotly contested California recall ballot.

Huffington -- whose former wife, columnist Arianna Huffington, has been rumored as a possible Democratic candidate -- obtained the necessary nomination paperwork and paid the required $3,500 filing fee Friday.

more: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/california.huffington/index.html

Huffington ran a very rightwing campaign (self funded) for senate.

Someone please interpret that second paragraph for me... does it say HE is running as a possible Dem candidate - or is it suggesting that SHE may run as a possible dem candidate - in which case he would be running as a repub and his ex as a dem in the same crowded race?

I am confused.

[jos]

1. Rep. v. Dem.

He would run as a Republican, while she would run from the left, either as an Independent or a Democrat.

[salin]

3. Wow - thats interesting

He alone in the race would be interesting. I mean - mr big conservative family values man (that is how he ran in 1994) who is divorced, and I believe, has gone public about being Gay, and at somepoint I believe was very critical about the rightwing of the party - I want to say I read something he had written that said he now felt very ambivalent about many of the rw issues he had fought so hard for.

And suddenly he is running? Very interesting.

No longer living in California - I can't pick up the local speculation about this one - please Californians (and other observers) fill me in - what is your take on this?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. The more Repubs on the ticket the better

It will scare the SHIT out of Dems and Repubs alike that a candidate with a very few votes could end up as governor.

[jfxgillis]

5. Michael H. told ..

... David Brock in a Vanity Fair profile that he "thinks" he's a Democrat now, but whatever the case he knows he's gay.

[salin]

7. so maybe it is he they are refering to?

in terms of may be running as a democrat... any way you look at it.. it is a rather interesting development. And except for the Ariana angle (if she was running) I doubt it will have ANY impact on the race, but it is interesting nonetheless.

[SharonAnn]

19. Hmm, he portrayed hiimself as a right-wing Republican hetero

when he ran for Senate. Now he's a gay Democrat?

Talk about re-inventing oneself!

[arcane1]

2. it sure sounds like it's saying she's rumored to run

I haven't heard any rumors to that effect yet, until now..

looking to be an interesting rest-of-the-year here!

[proud patriot]

4. My dad brought Arriana up yesterday

If she runs ..my dad would vote for her .

My dad is a big (G) green ..

[Terwilliger]

23. if nothing else

Arianna has become a progressive thinker



I still think we should re-elect Davis by write-in.

[depakid]

24. Writing in Davis would do no good

because if the recall passes, he'd be an ineligible candidate on this ballot, just as someone who's term limit is up would be.

[brook]

8. Speaking of confused...

Michael seems so himself.

I find this interview terribly sad. I don't understand why anyone would think he's qualified to be the Govenor though. I'd be busy trying to come to terms with and finding happiness in being, myself - not entertaining the idea of another bound-to-be bruising foray into politics.

[salin]

21. after reading that... I can not fathom WHY in the world he would

consider running for governor.

on edit (explanation) - he hated being a politician. claims to have hoped he would lose the seante race. he felt abandoned by the repub party who never coughed up the promised $ for the race. And he just sounds like (at least in 1998) a fairly miserable guy.

[Emboldened Chimp]

9. This is turning into a damn freak show

Huffington, Ah-nold, Savage(?!), Darrell "Ex-Con" Issa. I'm thinking that Davis can use this to his advantage. He's known as a tough campaigner, so he won't be shy about lobbing bombs at these idiots. The more freaks that joing the circus, the better for Davis, imho.

[salin]

10. hehe... maybe we should encourage a few others to join the race

let's see:

Nugent could move from Michigan to California and siphen the more extreme wacky side of the pro-gun constituency...

Dr. Laura could enter the race and get all the mysoginists who are trying to simultaneously act on their mysoginy while masking it by voting/liking Dr. Laura.

B-1BobDornan could run around campaigning as "the Real Hispanic candidate" as he laughably did against Representative Sanchez in his SECOND loss to her.

Who else should jump into this race?

[Emboldened Chimp]

20. Who else should jump in?

Well, I'm sure Simple Bill Simon will throw his dumb ass back into the ring. He was at the pro-recall rally. Condi "Serial Liar" Rice is another canididate, but only if the CIA doesn't nail her first (c'mon CIA!)

[short bus president]

12. speaking of freak shows, what about Bill Press?

I caught the tail end of Buchanan and Press yesterday, and the "in-joke" was that Mr. Press was on his way to CA to do something that made Pat go all giggly. I thought the plan was to run no Dem other than Davis. :shrug:

[genius]

11. Arianna isn't a Democrat. She's a decline to state

The Democratic Party isn't going out of it's way to bring in those who are unhappy with the Rethugs. In fact, outside of Kucinich's campaign, the Democrats are trying to distance themselves from independents and Greens. Dean's people are opposed to inviting the Greens back into the party.

[Big_Mike]

13. This might be the best chance...

For Pete Camecho (sp?) and the Greens. It is likely the only chance they'll have here.

Anybody but Davis...well, kind of anybody. Willie Brown, come on in. You'd win in 10 seconds.

Sigh.

It's tough when you despise Davis.

[mitchtv]

27. davis is my choice but i am prejudiced

I am gay , I live in California and davis' signature is on the laws that gave me the rights I enjoy today. I am union -I like Davis. We will Fight . He is a nam vet -not a chicken hawk
Arianna might beat Camejo ;as they say in Jackson Heights" BFD" as for Michael BWHAHAHAHAHA I thought he qwent back to Texas. If he didn't he should.

[Clete]

14. This could be fun if wasn't about how devastating this

election is going to be for ordinary Californians. I think Arianna can chew him up and spit him out as fertilizer.

[Jack Rabbit]

22. On the other hand

Please note this:

But that isn't stopping the movement, which is already drawing surprise support from Green Party candidate Peter Camejo, who said he might bow out of the race and support Huffington if she embraces a progressive agenda.
"I'd be perfectly willing to withdraw and consider supporting someone else," Camejo said Friday. "I think it could be rather interesting if she got into the race."

[depakid]

15. I hope Arianna runs as an independent

and wins- what a cold shower she would bring to Sacramento, where corporate corruption runs rampant on both sides of the aisle and lobbiest actually write many of the laws. If there's any ONE thing that would help to alleviate California's budget crisis, it would be to have a chief executive with some chutzpa who would chase the pigs away from the public trough.

[joeybee12]

16. Arianna is a joke...

...her only foray into politics was managing her wuss husband's (not because he's gay, I'm gay, but because he's an imbecile) vicious campaign for Senator in 1994. She hasn't apologized yet for bringing California politics to a new low. Besides, why would anyone trust the woman who was all for the 1994 Republican Revolution and now says she was fooled by Newt Gingrich. Was she that stupid to believe Newt and his cohorts were concerned about the poor and down-trodden? Or si she simply a liar? Either choice is lousy. Give me a break.

[depakid]

18. Maybe you should read her work over the past 4 years

and judge from that. Why not examine the issues, rather than engage in the usual inective?

A lot of people were fooled by the so called "Gingrich revolution," just as many were fooled years earlier by the so called "Reagan revolution." It takes a lot of courage to completely re-examine your convictions and not only admit that you were wrong, but also do a very public about-face. That's a MAJOR plus, in my book. It demonstrates open mindedness, a willingness to learn and think critically about one's political opinions in light of the facts.

Americans could use a lot more of all of those things, and I can't think of many people who exemplify the process or who articulate it better than Arianna Huffington.

[joeybee12]

26. I have read her the past four years

Her writing is not that great, nor is her thinking all that original. Just because she says one thing does not mean she actually believes in it. Recall her joke of a convention as an alternative the GOP convention in 2000--she had McCain get up and basically give a little stump speech for Bush. I haven't seen any contrition on her part, just a woman whose trying to make a name for herself. Anyway, she has no chance. Issa has more of a chance.

[mitchtv]

28. I've always thought that she owed us an apology

for that VILE campaign. thank you , I have been preaching to the wind about that ever since he "conversion"

[realFedUp]

17. Talk about recycleables....

I know we're interested in recycling here, but not retreads.

[Jack Rabbit]

25. Huffington and Camejo are talking to each other

From sfgate, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle
Dated Saturday July 26

Recall Fever
Both Huffingtons, Audie Bock, Condit possible candidates
By Carla Marinucci, Chronicle political writer

(Arianna) Huffington, with a host of high-profile Hollywood supporters in her camp and a Web site gathering backers, said she will meet today with Green Party candidate Peter Camejo to discuss the best strategy to mount a strong -- and united -- independent challenge to the GOP candidates on the ballot.
"Peter and I have talked, and we both feel it would be very important for whoever is a progressive to demonstrate that progressives can win -- that there is a real constituency based on fairness," she said. "I believe these issues I most care about are not right/left issues. They are right/wrong issues."
Huffington said she will "take the next week to meet with a lot of the activists, the environmentalists . . . and make a decision."