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Arianna for governor is looking like a serious possibility. If she does run - and so does Arnold - can you imagine the debates? They'd need subtitles.

I like Arianna; I respect anyone who's willing to question their beliefs and grow. Plus, this woman is smart as a whip. Yes, California could do worse. A lot worse.

Standing in her living room, next to a piano with framed photos of her two daughters and celebrity friends like Bill Maher, who has made her a regular on his TV shows, Huffington hit all the progressive chords at the Sunday meeting. She vowed to "nationalize" the campaign, turning it into a referendum not just on Davis' governorship but on the Bush presidency and the corporate looting of the state and nation.

"If, as [Republican challenger] Bill Simon says Gray Davis is fiscally irresponsible, then George Bush is fiscally insane," she told the group. One of Davis' chief mistakes, Huffington argues, was his failure to explain to California voters why the Bush White House -- and its old friends at Enron and the energy industry -- are largely responsible for the state's budget woes. Huffington, whose recent bestseller "Pigs at the Trough" savages the reign of greed, corruption and environmental plunder under Bush, said she can't wait to take on the president's buddy Schwarzenegger. "It will be 'the hybrid vs. the Hummer,' said the near-candidate, who launched a media campaign last year against gas-guzzling SUVs.

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