Arnie accused of election dirty tricks

The feud between California Governor Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger escalated as the governor accused the actor’s handlers of engaging in “dirty tricks” by plotting to disrupt a Davis event.

The sniping came as Schwarzenegger picked up the endorsement of the state Republican Party’s board of directors, an endorsement downplayed by the other major Republican in the race because it did not come at the party’s convention.