gwhunter69
08-21-2006, 09:59 AM
Time magazine is doing a little campaigning for Angelides...
How to Beat Schwarzenegger
Democratic challenger Phil Angelides, facing the governor's rebound in the polls, tries to cast himself as a Clinton populist
By SONJA STEPTOE/HOLLYWOOD
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has built his re-election campaign on a platform of "protecting the California dream." But this week his challenger, Democratic State Treasurer Phil Angelides, laid out his own dream theme, with a populist bent.
Trailing Schwarzenegger in the latest statewide Field poll by 8 points, Angelides signaled in a speech Wednesday that his strategy for catching up will include attacking the incumbent's record, tying Schwarzenegger to George W. Bush and positioning himself as a champion of the beleaguered middle class, in the Bill Clinton mold. "The promise of California was a birthright of the many, not a privilege of the few," Angelides said in his speech at the gymnasium of the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood, flanked by union members and various Democratic officials. "That dream is in jeopardy because hard-working, middle-class families are working longer for less [because of] stagnant salaries, soaring gas prices, higher tuition for their kids and higher healthcare costs. We need a governor who will restore the promise of middle class opportunity...and put hard-working families first."
Time Link (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1228640,00.html?cnn=yes)
How to Beat Schwarzenegger
Democratic challenger Phil Angelides, facing the governor's rebound in the polls, tries to cast himself as a Clinton populist
By SONJA STEPTOE/HOLLYWOOD
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has built his re-election campaign on a platform of "protecting the California dream." But this week his challenger, Democratic State Treasurer Phil Angelides, laid out his own dream theme, with a populist bent.
Trailing Schwarzenegger in the latest statewide Field poll by 8 points, Angelides signaled in a speech Wednesday that his strategy for catching up will include attacking the incumbent's record, tying Schwarzenegger to George W. Bush and positioning himself as a champion of the beleaguered middle class, in the Bill Clinton mold. "The promise of California was a birthright of the many, not a privilege of the few," Angelides said in his speech at the gymnasium of the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood, flanked by union members and various Democratic officials. "That dream is in jeopardy because hard-working, middle-class families are working longer for less [because of] stagnant salaries, soaring gas prices, higher tuition for their kids and higher healthcare costs. We need a governor who will restore the promise of middle class opportunity...and put hard-working families first."
Time Link (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1228640,00.html?cnn=yes)