Was there a "Jay Leno effect" in 2003 California recall?

[Mr.Bill]

9. A long time ago I liked Jay Leno as a stand up comic and

a guest on David Letterman. I'm somewhat of a car guy and I identified with him because he was, too. Fast forward and on his show in the 90s, his monologue had morphed into 20 minutes of derogatory Clinton jokes. He had become one the multi-millionaire car collectors that were ruining the car hobby for the average person by paying six figures for cars that I had paid a thousand dollars for in the early 70s.
I was pretty much done with him by then.
I have heard him and read him saying more than once that if he was getting equal amounts of hate and fan mail from liberals and conservatives, he was doing it right. I can't say I blame him for that, but it doesn't appeal to me. To this day I can't tell you where he is at politically.