Another Murphy Campaign, Another Bus Tour…

After months of tightly scripted campaign events that have done nothing to move his flawed agenda forward, it looks like a “softer” Team Arnold is rolling out on another bus tour next weekend.

Let's see, Schwarzenegger has spent the last year campaigning on "Ree-Form" and with less than ten days before the election, we see that the only ones they've managed to convince are members of the Chamber of Commerce and local GOP activists?

Now, facing an onslaught of public polls showing his initiatives going down, a new "I'm sorry, sooo sorry” Arnold is rolling out a last gasp attempt to turn his sinking campaign ship around. The big question is - will this bus tour consist of the same freak show that we saw during the recall?

“They hope to do part of it with a bus tour featuring a giant cavalcade of six buses and at least 220 reporters from a dozen countries. Each bus will be named for one of Schwarzenegger's movies, with the candidate riding on Running Man, the campaign staff on Total Recall, and the press on buses nicknamed Predator 1 through 3 and True Lies.” (Associated Press, October 1, 2003)

Whatever the Governor’s office wants to call this latest Mike Murphy manufactured PR maneuver, just don’t let them call this the “Straight Talk Express”. We vote for the “Magical Mystery Tour,” because it’s seems to be a mystery what the Governor will say or do next. Probably depends on the latest poll…