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To: Don Hurst who wrote (265933)	6/21/2002 11:24:12 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I am waiting till November to slake my thirst for justice, gonna be a lot of Democrats joining the ranks of the Arthur Andersen folk in the unemployment line, and Gray Davis ain't gonna get the treatment Bubba gets from Bush, no, Simon gonna put Davis in a pen. Perot deal with Bush is your imagination. Where do you lunatics come from?

To: Don Hurst who wrote (265933)	6/21/2002 11:26:12 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Simon's ad onslaught hits governor GOP hopeful replaces his campaign manager after a series of meetings in the nation's capital By Sandy Kleffman CONTRA COSTA TIMES Gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon took to the airwaves in every major media market in California on Thursday, one day after he replaced his campaign manager with a political veteran who has close ties to allies of President Bush. Simon began airing television spots in which he talks directly to voters about an attack ad that Gov. Gray Davis began airing last week. "He makes false personal attacks against me," Simon tells viewers. He adds that the governor's time would be better spent trying to resolve the state's budget, energy and education problems. "California doesn't need more blame-game politics," he says. Not to be outdone, Davis launched a new ad Thursday that criticizes Simon for his association with a failed savings and loan and other companies with financial or regulatory problems. Davis' ad asks: "If he can't run a business, how can he run the fifth-largest economy in the world?" The escalation in television advertising -- a costly but crucial way to reach California's geographically diverse population -- demonstrates increased aggressiveness by both campaigns. It came a day after Simon met with Bush administration officials in Washington, D.C., to discuss offshore oil drilling and other matters. The Los Angeles Times reported that as Simon made the rounds in Washington, he quietly revamped his campaign staff in Sacramento in a move orchestrated by the White House. He removed his campaign manager of the past two months, Ron Rogers, and replaced him with John Peschong, a close ally of Gerald Parsky, Bush's chief political emissary in the Golden State. The paper said White House political operatives have privately complained that the Simon campaign has been slow to build momentum. Sal Russo, Simon's top strategist and Rogers' partner in a political consulting firm, denied that the move was instigated by the White House. He said the change has been in the works for a while. But several GOP analysts acknowledged that there has been frustration about the campaign's progress and its ability to capitalize on controversies surrounding Davis. "It's no secret that there's been a lot of concern in Republican circles on both coasts that the campaign has not been sufficiently aggressive," said Dan Schnur, a Republican political consultant. Allan Hoffenblum, a GOP political analyst who declined to speculate about whether the White House applied pressure, agreed. "Simon got off to a slow start in defining himself," Hoffenblum said. "I think that's the wisdom of many Republicans, but it's a long way to November." Simon, meanwhile, was in New York on Thursday to attend a fund-raiser hosted by former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. The event is expected to raise nearly $1.5 million, Russo said. Simon's campaign unveiled four television spots that will air over the next two weeks. One attacks Davis for his persistent fund raising. It ends with an alarm clock going off and an announcer stating: "Tell Gray Davis his time is up." Davis' ad, meanwhile, notes that Simon served as chairman of the board of GeoLogistics, a shipping company that suffered large financial losses. Russo responded that although Simon served on the board of several companies, he had some oversight but wasn't actually running those firms. bayarea.com