Schwarzenegger brings Bush strategist to 2006 campaign
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 23:31 
TOTAL RECALL. ARNOLD SAYS, "NEVER!"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, steeling for a tough 2006 campaign, has tapped another top White House veteran to join his re-election drive -- hiring Matthew Dowd, a lead architect of the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign to be his chief campaign strategist, sources said Wednesday.
The addition of Dowd, a confidant of top White House aide Karl Rove, Bush's former chief pollster and a former senior adviser to the Republican National Committee, is expected to be announced shortly. The GOP strategist heads ViaNovo, a management and communications firm in Austin, Texas.
Dowd will join the campaign in February, but sources close to the governor said Wednesday that Mike Murphy, the political strategist who headed Schwarzenegger's 2003 recall victory -- and last year's devastating special election defeat on ballot initiatives -- will continue to advise the governor. For complete article click here
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