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03/25/2004 Archived Entry: "The Arnold Effect: Senate race tests his coattails"

Posted by steve @ 02:14 AM EST [Link]

AHNULD LIFTS ENTIRE GOP: Can Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity translate into a loss for Barbara Boxer and a state win for George W. Bush? That's the question that a lot of Republicans are asking these days.

By nearly all accounts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is pumping up public enthusiasm in the Golden State. Voter approval is high as Republicans gush and one-time doubters concede that the Hollywood muscleman's gleaming teeth brightened the fiscal gloom, too.
Now, an important litmus test of California's new Republican possibilities is under way: the Senate race between former Secretary of State Bill Jones and Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer.

Praised by Republicans but largely unknown to Independents and Democrats, Jones is a leading Republican here and the overwhelming victor in the GOP's March primary. In a state that's cast off many moderates in primaries, Jones - conservative but not far right - was a vocal supporter and campaigner in Schwarzenegger's race. The Republicans that California Democrats find among the most palatable - Schwarzenegger and Sen. John McCain of Arizona - endorse Jones, too.

Jones may not be as conservative as some people like but I bet they'd prefer him over Boxer any day.

Read on.