CIRCUS OF THE STARS

ARIANNA: STALKING ARNOLD? (NY Post, 8/13/03)

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger is terminating his political opponents not just in the polls but in the press - and some of them are trying to even up the odds. On Saturday, the day Schwarzenegger filed the paperwork for his gubernatorial run, bystanders noticed rival candidate Arianna Huffington waiting in her car for hours outside the Los Angeles County registrar's office. "She sat there and camped out, and as soon as Arnold's caravan pulled up, she hopped out of the car and got into the melee," says our spy. Huffington was able to get her picture taken and share the limelight, but while her rep admits that was the intention, he claims she only waited 15 minutes. Meanwhile, although Gov. Gray Davis criticized Schwarzenegger for announcing his candidacy on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show," insiders tell us Davis secretly called Leno and asked to appear on the program himself. "The governor was turned down - and he is not happy about it," says our source. Leno's reps did not return calls.

Jerry Springer ought to get in this race; it needs a Ringmaster. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 13, 2003 3:07 PM