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John Myers posts an interesting account of a Schwarzenegger appearance this morning at Sacramento State University. The gov had a little tough love for the students. After telling them they probably only needed six hours of sleep a night, he added this:

"I think it is very important for kids not to just wait for their parents to take care of them, or for the school to take care of them, or for government to take care of them."

The Angelides campaign has come full circle, finishing where it started. Today they are rolling out an ad titled "Twins" that rips Westly for his past support of Schwarzenegger's policies.

Here is the ad.

Paul Jacob launches a preemptive strike against term limits reform.

Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is recommending another 16 percent cut in the "pure premium" rate for workers' comp coverage. This brings to 55 percent the cumulative reductions recommended by his office since 2003.

In their latest update, Assembly aides say the house has 228 bills to act upon by the Friday deadline for getting bills out of their house of origin. Today is the deadline for amending those bills on the floor.