Oops - BAD HTML tags - BAD tags. In my response, the words after "... inactive, were." were mine and should not have been italicized.

I admit full responsibility for my error and hope that the voters will understand that no one is perfect, least of all me, and allow us to put this unfortunate event behind us and move on with the campaign... {shake shake!}ummm... oh. I guess I'm not a candidate. (mumble mumble) Not even for the Governorship of California? Hey! Everybody ELSE ran. Why can't I? {pause - listening to earphone} Because there isn't an election? Oh. Well... heh heh. {Smiles at audience} Never mind.