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*************************************** Gentlemen (and Ladies)...Start Your Engines! The 2004 campaign season is ON. And if you're seriously considering a run for office next year...time's already a-wastin'. So, as promised, here's the big announcement of what I think is the most exciting campaign training program you'll find anywhere in the country this year: The Campaign War College. This program is only for SERIOUS candidates. Schmucks and wannabes need not apply. But if you are a serious candidate and want to learn the inside secrets to putting together a winning campaign . . . then go www.citizenoutreach.com right NOW and read the letter on the Home page. As you'll see in the letter, this special super-workshop has only a VERY limited number of seats...and to save a bucket of money on the registration fee...you need to act fast. First come, first serve. And since I spent the entire day finalizing the preparations for the Campaign War College, I don't have a very long News & Views today. But if you're a serious candidate...this will likely be the most valuable issue you will EVER read. Again...go to www.citizenoutreach.com and read all the details...right...NOW! P.S. If you are not running for office...but know good, quality folks who are...or are at least thinking about it...do 'em a favor and shoot them this email message and point them to the Campaign War College page on our website. They'll owe you for life! *************************************** Conan vs. the Conservative In the California gubernatorial race, I am decidedly undecided. Both sides and their supporters make compelling, rational arguments and I find myself leaning back and forth on a pretty much daily basis. But here are three pieces of advice I'd like to offer up to our friends and subscribers on the Left Coast as the California GOP convention gets underway this weekend: 1.) NEVER take anything for granted. If I learned anything in Las Vegas (and the 1992 presidential campaign), it's that there is NO such thing as a "sure bet." I've seen and heard pollsters and political experts who say Gray Davis is "toast." That he has no chance of surviving the recall. I hope they are correct. But I wouldn't bet my life (or California's future) on it. This is NOT an election you can "stay home" for if your chosen candidate doesn't make it to the top. You still have to vote FOR the recall. 2.) It's too early for McClintock to drop out. Arnold is too untested as a political figure. If for no other reason, Tom should stay in at least until near the end for "insurance." I also think Arnold owes it to the conservatives he wants to woo to his camp to debate McClintock, one-on-one, at the earliest possible opportunity. To borrow an old sports saying, if you want to BE the best, you have to BEAT the best. Conservatives should not be expected to automatically line up behind Arnold simply because he is perceived as having the best chance to win. Winning is important, don't get me wrong, but Arnold has to EARN conservative votes. They aren't an ENTITLEMENT. 3.) This campaign is FAR from over. I HATE early voting. Anything can happen between now and the first week in October. DON'T rush out to vote with your absentee ballots. You may end up voting for a candidate who either drops out or self-destructs at the last minute. Keep your powder dry and vote on election day...unless you absolutely, positively HAVE to vote via absentee ballot. BONUS ADVICE: When in doubt...vote for Gary Coleman. *************************************** Will Clinton Show Davis the Door? "Bill Clinton is heading to California this weekend, but so far he has scheduled only one public meeting with Gray Davis, an appearance at a black church Sunday. The beleaguered governor is playing up the former president's visit anyway. But it will likely end up being much less than the originally promised antirecall barnburner. Mr. Clinton has become the Democratic Party's political undertaker, and his visit may foretell the end of Mr. Davis's political life." - John Fund's Political Diary, 9/11/03 *************************************** Paging Dr. Demento "Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has been issuing diatribes against the Bush administration that would surpass even Tariq Aziz with severe menstrual cramps. This strategy has made him the runaway favorite of the Democratic Party. . . . In the wake of Dean's success, the entire Democratic Dream Team is beginning to sound like Dr. Demento. On the basis of their recent pronouncements, the position of the Democratic Party seems to be that Saddam Hussein did not hit us on 9-11, but Halliburton did." - Columnist Ann Coulter *************************************** Citizen Outreach Fall Fundraising Drive If you haven't done so already, I hope you'll consider kicking in a few bucks to help us continue bringing you News & Views every day...your #1 source for information not generally found in your hometown newspaper. Unlike the labor unions, we don't automatically take money out of your paycheck to fund our activities. And unlike some at the United Way, we don' t twist your arm and threaten your job or promotion if you don't give. And unlike Congress, we don't tax you to death (and beyond) to fund our efforts. We just occasionally ask for a little VOLUNTARY financial help to keep us going. $5, $10, $20...whatever you can afford...will go a long way to helping us continue to bring you our first-class e-newsletter, our weekly webcast interviews with top policy experts on important current issues, our Brushfire Alerts political action projects, our in-depth research on public policy matters, our weekly online opinion polls...and much, much more. And if you contribute $50 or more, we have a very special 9-11 commemorative gift for you. Just go to www.CitizenOutreach.com to make a secure online contribution or mail your check to the address at the end of this newsletter. Thanks for your continued support. Chuck Muth *************************************** The Goldwater Doctrine "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' interests, I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." - Barry Goldwater, "The Conscience of a Conservative" *************************************** How to Subscribe If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ Published by Citizen Outreach Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher 611 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, #439 Washington, DC 20003-4303 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Citizen Outreach is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public policy organization and does not endorse candidates or lobby for specific legislation. The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Citizen Outreach, its officers, directors or employees. 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