BUT CAN YOU CONTROL THE MOB?

Schwarzenegger Mobbed In First Campaign Foray: 3 Republicans Are Urged to Quit To Benefit Actor (Rene Sanchez, August 23, 2003, Washington Post)

Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped at a sidewalk cafe here in Surf City to chat today with a few local business owners, then strolled along Main Street. More than 1,000 people rushed to the scene to watch.

They climbed trees. They stood atop cars, lined balconies, stopped downtown traffic and nearly overwhelmed his security detail.

It was the first time Schwarzenegger took his celebrity gubernatorial campaign to the streets, and bedlam erupted.

Even before his appearance today, Republican leaders had begun pressuring other GOP candidates running in the state's Oct. 7 recall election to drop out and clear the field for the actor. That campaign intensified after the response Schwarzenegger received here.

The Lincoln Club of Orange County, one of California's most influential Republican groups, today endorsed Schwarzenegger and urged his three prominent GOP rivals -- Bill Simon, Tom McClintock and Peter Ueberroth -- to give up their campaigns.

Now, how do you turn that star power into electability? Posted by Orrin Judd at August 23, 2003 6:12 AM