http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-aside10s1.html
Clinton advising Gray Davis
August 10, 2003
BY JULIAN COMAN
"WASHINGTON--Faced with Arnold Schwarzenegger's bid for his job, California's beleaguered Gov. Gray Davis has turned to perhaps the only man in America who can save his skin.
Former President Bill Clinton has taken a hands-on role in the Democratic governor's campaign to help him try to avoid being recalled by voters. Close aides of Davis said the two men met privately for more than an hour last week in Chicago and are in daily telephone contact.
The former president apparently advised Davis to play the sober politician to Schwarzenegger's brash show business star.
"Davis and Clinton are friends, and Bill is giving him all the help that he can," one prominent California Democrat said. "The Chicago meeting was an important strategy session. They've been discussing the themes that Gray needs to push in his campaign, the problem of fund-raising, and how to get help for the governor at a national level."
Another senior Democrat confirmed: "Clinton has been [to California] a couple of times and is managing the whole deal by phone. If Davis survives, he'll owe it to the Clintons. Then, if Hillary jumps into the presidential race, she'll have the California delegates locked up as well as the ones in New York."
As the unfolding political circus prompts a mixture of amusement and consternation across the country, Clinton has advised the bruised governor to present a businesslike image in the lead-up to the Oct. 7 recall vote. If Davis fails to get a majority vote of confidence on that date, it will trigger a second vote to elect another governor from a field of at least 51 candidates."....."
When we gonna hear the talking heads remind viewers of Clinton's closeness to Davis?