[FairOpinion]

The turnout was very low, if the Republicans and conservative had bothered to turn out and vote for reform, we would have overcome the union thug voters easily.

[FOG724]

They are not going to turn out for a Dem and face it Arnold act more like a Dem than a Republican. You want to blame us for not supporting a man who has betrayed us at every turn.

Incidentally, I voted. Yes on 73-75, no on everything else. But I told you I would.

[SierraWasp]

Get it through you head! These measures had no chance in an off time election with the Unions whipped up in a furor like that. We had a precedent in June, 1998 called Prop 226 and you, along with everybody else in CA knows it!

Special elections never get the turnout that normal elections with either a Governor or a President leading the slate of issues! So stop whipping the ignorant and the innocent and the voters and non-voters you don't even know!

You don't know what you are talking about and it is glaringly obvious and it should be embarrassing to you, but No ho ho hoooooooo... You just don't get it!!! So go to bed now and try to save what's left of your face from the egg that's globbed all over it. Nitey nite! Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!!!

[b9]

The turnout was very low, if the Republicans and conservatives had bothered to turn out and vote for reform, we would have overcome the union thug voters easily.

Clearly.

[calcowgirl]

Check the numbers, FO. Republicans showed up in greater proportions than Dems relative to voter registration. And based on the fact that Prop 73 and Prop 75 did substantially better than the other initiatives demonstrates that conservatives showed out in the greatest of numbers.

Perhaps you should look to the fact that it was a poorly run campaign given the opposition, with several poorly conceived initiatives.

Special elections never get a high turnout--a fact that the campaign should have (and probably did) anticipate.