SACREMENTO -- "I don't know where that accent came from, but it sure is bizarre," said campaign manager Dean Barkely. Huffington is an independent author, columnist and gubernatorial candidate for the state of California. "What is it, like Austrian mixed with Australian or something?"
    In a policy initiative announced today Arianna Huffington promised to train all California state employees to adopt accents at least roughly similar to hers so they can be easily identified.