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Warren Beatty

October 25th, 2005

The Governator has been losing steam over the last few months, and if the ballot measures fail for this 75 million dollar monstrosity of a special election he’s demanded, his reelection bid could be in real trouble. That is, if the Dems can field anywhere near as charismatic and ballsy a candidate as Ahnold. Um, Warren Beatty? He’s been mentioned in a couple articles recently, we know he’s dying to, and I think he’d be perfect. Beatty has a history in politics much deeper than his college lecture tour during the 2000 Presidential Primaries and recent speeches against Arnie and his special election proposals (most notably his 2005 UC Berkeley commencement address). Beatty campaigned for RFK in 68. He worked closely with McGovern’s campaign manager, Gary Hart during 72 and later advised Hart on his own run at the nomination. Besides a dubious knack for attaching himself to imploding presidential campaigns, Beatty is a born stateman with a willingness to be much more frank and honest than candidates too enmeshed in the political world of fundraising, wining and dining and hitting repeated talking points over and over for a five-second sound bite. If you need more proof, just watch Bulworth. Or read his Berkeley speech. Oh, and if you’re still not convinced, the other celebrity thinking of running is Rob Reiner. Rob Reiner, folks. That’s Meathead from All in the Family. Now if the cranky but lovable Carroll O’Connor were still alive and wanted to give politics a try I’d say maybe we’ve got something here. But Rob Reiner could not beat Arnold in a beauty pageant or a pissing contest. Beatty has a shot at both.

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