Call it a campaign mystery.
Why would the Yes on Proposition 93 campaign shelve a TV ad that features Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsing the measure for 30 seconds and replace it with one that shows the governor in a cameo role, on screen for only a couple seconds?
Nobody's talking.
Opponents of the term-limits measure said the sidetracked ad, depicting a Schwarzenegger press conference, ran only one day, last Thursday, in Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco.
Richard Stapler, spokesman for Yes on 93, declined to discuss campaign strategy.
But Stapler said TV ads are meant to "tell voters as much as you can," and
that the new ad combines Schwarzenegger's endorsement with those of others -- including California Common Cause and the Los Angeles Times.
"The ad we have now really highlights all our strong endorsements, the governor being one of those," Stapler said.
Capitol Television News Service has posted both ads together here. The first half is the currently running ad. The second is the all-Schwarzenegger version.
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