Forgive this Floriduhian butting in to Kalifornia's business, but ...
You took the words right out of my keyboard.
No need to state any more. ;)
Posted on 09/19/2005 6:37:37 AM PDT by SmithL
. . . Mirror, mirror: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only one falling out of favor with the public these days.
Six months ago, polling by J. Moore Methods (a Sacramento firm that does a lot of surveys for Democrats) had teachers, firefighters and police officers flying high, with approval ratings between 60 and 70 percent.
Now, after tens of millions of dollars in attack ads from both sides, here's how everyone stacks up with voters as of last weekend.
-- Firefighters -- 54 percent.
-- Police -- 51 percent.
-- Schwarzenegger -- 42 percent.
-- State workers -- 41 percent.
-- State Legislature -- 28 percent.
Upshot: The slams are taking their toll on both sides.
Meanwhile, 63 percent of the voters surveyed said the state is on the wrong track.
"They aren't happy,'' pollster Jim Moore said, stating the obvious.
With this ring: The debate between Schwarzenegger and gays over his pending veto of the same-sex marriage bill isn't over just yet.
As you may have heard, there's a sit-down scheduled for Wednesday between about 15 gay leaders and top Schwarzenegger staffers.
And while it's not supposed to include talk about the marriage bill, gay leaders will be delivering a message just the same.
They know Schwarzenegger is going to veto the bill, but given his long -- and public -- history of supporting gay rights, they want something in return.
"He vetoes the marriage equality bill, but comes out with a strong statement supporting gay rights and domestic partners and denouncing the constitutional amendments that are floating out there to take them away,'' said state Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, author of the same-sex marriage bill.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Forgive this Floriduhian butting in to Kalifornia's business, but ...
You took the words right out of my keyboard.
No need to state any more. ;)
Sounds more like Michael Moore methods.
SF Chronicle requires excerpting in replies as well as article posts.
Sorry, but it is irritating when people don't even post the correct information that matches the headline.
The M&R column usually covers more than one topic, but only has one headline. The lead segment is kind of interesting in an "only in San Francisco" way, but the "Mirror Mirror" segment that I posted is relevant to more of us. That's why I used the ellipses and included the note to scroll down.
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