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Byline: Mark Gladstone
SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Arnold Schwarzenegger may have some political pixie dust sprinkled on his broad shoulders in the form of falling ash.
It's the kind of thing politicians only talk about in hushed tones, but the horrible Southern California wildfires may have a silver lining for the popular Republican governor-elect, as well as the not-so-popular outgoing Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.
Disasters are a time when politicians are expected to rise to the occasion, as New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani did after the 2001 terrorists attacks. In California, the devastation has allowed Schwarzenegger and Davis to act gubernatorial while praising firefighters and empathizing with those who lost homes or fled the flames.
So, ...