Rudy Giuliani is heading to California this weekend for his first big Republican Party event since he declared his candidacy — and he'll effectively have the stage all to himself. Rudy is headlining the state GOP convention this weekend — meaning even Governor Schwarzenegger may be taking a back seat to Rudy and to Presidential politics, The Ventura County Star reports.

Since Arnold is getting flack from the state's conservatives over his universal health care proposal, the paper reports, Giuliani will be the real object of adoration for the party faithful, rather than their own Governor. Further helping Rudy is the fact that he'll be the only Presidential candidate in attendance — the others are merely sending surrogates. "This won't be an Arnold convention," former Assemblyman Tony Strickland told the Star. "This will be more of a Giuliani convention."