tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8064682237323858079.post4779438212960324783..comments2009-11-17T09:04:03.712-08:00Comments on GOP Future: California 2010 - More NamesTom Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15598682206587631831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8064682237323858079.post-82327156212478344422008-11-18T10:05:00.000-08:002008-11-18T10:05:00.000-08:00Of course John Garamendi will run. Garamendi must ...Of course John Garamendi will run. Garamendi must run. It is John Garamendi's destiny to run. <BR/><BR/>When I was on the editorial board at the Press-Enterprise, we interviewed Garamendi twice. I spoke with him one-on-one at least once that I can recall. He's a remarkable politician. If memory serves, he claimed credit for everything good that has occurred in California since 1971. He took credit for Riverside County's multi-species habitat plan, because he happened to be an assistant undersecretary of the Interior in the Clinton administration and showed up at a couple of meetings.<BR/><BR/>And, as far as I know, Garamendi was the only statewide candidate in 2006 whose campaign had a poet laureate. His campaign printed up a poem written in his honor by a retired San Diego attorney and included it in the press materials. "When you think of the Basque," it began, "think of the earth..." (Garamendi has been hosting an annual Basque Barbeque at his ranch up north for more than 30 years.)<BR/><BR/>I think of the Basque often. An amazing guy.Ben Boychukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12636929217899041497noreply@blogger.com