Peter Schrag Daniel Weintraub California Insider Sign up here for California Insider, Daniel Weintraub's e-mail newsletter about California politics. To read the newsletter online, visit the California Insider index page . It was about a candidate running for president, and it had an unique twist. At each rally several dozen people are chosen by lottery, brought to the stage and given fistfuls of dollars.
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The tension involves a burned-out Secret Service officer assigned to protect Douglas. Over time, he gradually comes to realize that Douglas in fact is an android built and operated by a cabal of Japanese business and government leaders. But for purposes of the 2000 presidential campaign, what is especially apropos is Douglas' campaign stump speech, which he delivers with mind-numbing regularity at every rally. One thing I've learned is keep it simple. That's what I'm going to do.