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Using Arnold to Get Gavin 

After watching the mind games of Pumping Iron, mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez talks of turning slick political marketing against itself

Wednesday, Oct 8 2003
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MG: More informed voters. Voters who go to the polls knowing what's going on.

We're trying to persuade you of the idea that this mayor's race has a candidate who speaks in clichés and is running a massive ad campaign. But the irony is that the potential to beat him may not be the case of an honest candidate who tells the truth, who's going to fight the Goliath. It may very well happen because there's another candidate just like him [Newsom] running for governor in this crazy recall election, which may ultimately impact the race simply because it's added another election in so short a time that it may cause less voters to come out to help him. Then it's going to be the core folks who are going to come out. And they're more informed. And they know what's going on.

I think if you do exit polling after the runoff, those voters will be able to tell you something about Gavin Newsom.

SFW: That's interesting.

MG: I try.

[pause]

MG: It's sort of making it Gonzalez versus this bodybuilding thing. I'm trying to get Arnold to take out Newsom for me.

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