The race is tied...45% a piece

Considering we've done nothing but attack Phil Angelides as a loser since the primary, we're surprised as anyone that he's managed to tie the "Governator" - albeit with a less than inspiring 45% of likely voters.

Of course, you won't know this by paying attention to most of the media which is unapologetically pro-Schwarzenegger. Most of the state papers have completely ignored the Zogby poll mentioned above, which samples likely voters in favor of this poll that sampled "adults" and showed Schwarzenegger leading comfortably. Why would anyone care what candidate people who aren't "likely voters" prefer? Well, one reason would be if you wanted to put out some pro-Schwarzenegger spin.

Since the media more or less gave up reporting news in favor of "infotainment" a long time ago, you can't really be surprised they favor Schwarzenegger. He's a trainwreck & trainwrecks generate ratings. Angelides on the other hand is the typical boring asshole the Democrats always nominate in the mold of my namesake - Governor Davis, John Kerry, Harry Reid, etc... Schwarzenegger can't help but make a spectacle of himself and that's all the media in this state is interested in.