talbotlucas.org: a word to the wise is sufficient

The strangeness that is California politics just accepted a new contribution from Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is supposedly going to announce his candidacy for governor on "The Jay Leno Show." The Associated Press (via the New York Times) reports that Schwarzenegger said the decision to run for the state office was "the toughest he made since deciding to get a bikini wax in 1978."

Oh, shit.

Arianna Huffington has also thrown her hat into the gubernatorial ring--at least she seems to have a grasp of issues beyond a sound bite, and without (as far as we know) resorting to references to waxing. (This isn't to suggest that I think Ms. Huffington doesn't care about waxing. I mean, she always strikes me as being poised and well-groomed. But we don't need to know everything about a candidate, do we?)

And what if Arianna Huffington's ex-husband (who came out of the closet after the dissolution of their marriage) enters the race? The AP article only says he's "taken out papers." I don't want to imagine what that mud-slinging would be like.

DiFi (aka Senator Diane Feinstein) was quoted as saying the election was becoming more like a carnival every day. Hard to argue with that observation. Perhaps we'll open a virtual popcorn concession here at talbotlucas.org...