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What is this all about?

Marc Cooper

Los Angeles

When the autopsy is conducted on the November elections, Friday, October 13, may be remembered as Black Friday for the moribund campaign of California gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides. On that day Willie Brown, legendary godfather of state Democratic politics, former assembly Speaker and former San Francisco mayor, was hosting one of his powerhouse Bay Area "Breakfast Club" meetings, where Democrats strut their stuff. Not only was Angelides absent, reportedly because he was busy dialing for dollars, but the prime speaking spot--sandwiched between Barbara Boxer and State Senate president pro tem Don Perata--went to none other than Angelides's rival, GOP Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In case anyone missed the point, Brown, who had pulled Angelides from obscurity in the early 1990s, loudly proclaimed to the gathering that Schwarzenegger, now commanding a double-digit lead, was going to be re-elected "no matter what."

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1. CANDIDATE NOT INVITED TO THE PARTY:

Phil Angelides can legitimately complain that some high-profile Democrats haven't exactly gone out of their way to show the love.

Two more of the party faithful got their digs in recently, again proof that not all politics are partisan.

On Friday, former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown held a breakfast event in San Francisco where he proclaimed that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would win the election, "no matter what."

But that's only the half of it. Schwarzenegger also was invited to speak at the Dem-dominated affair, while Angelides -- according to his campaign -- was never personally invited by Brown.

There's also believed to be no love lost between Angelides and Garry South, the Democratic strategist who ran Gray Davis' successful gubernatorial campaigns.

South, who was a senior adviser on Steve Westly's primary campaign against Angelides, proclaimed Schwarzenegger the victor of the debate in emphatic terms.

Tennis terms: "Game. Set. Match."

Then there's Lt. Gov. candidate John Garamendi, who hasn't been exactly shy of late in telling everyone that he doesn't agree with Angelides' tax proposals.

And, finally, word has leaked out that the powerful prison guard union has canceled more than a million dollars in ad time -- time one might have assumed would have benefited Angelides.

Candidate dinged

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15765887.htm

So, obviously, some powerhouse Ds wanted Angelides to lose, and Schwarzentraitor to win.