Herculean Task, Tough road ahead

Mercury News ^ | 5/16/03 | Mark Gladstone

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SACRAMENTO - Gray Davis finds himself embroiled in a crisis like that of no other modern-day California governor.

Closing the state's projected record $38.2 billion deficit would be daunting enough. But Davis also is a lame duck whose support within his own party, never strong, is even shakier. Plus, he faces the threat of being ousted from office in a recall.

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.. said Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys. ``You're asking him to lead people over a cliff and that's not an easy job to do.''

Just a bunch of lemmings, huh?

Recall All these bastards!

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``You're asking him to lead people over a cliff and that's not an easy job to do.''

LOL bump!

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“Punishing taxpayers because liberal Democrats have spent us into bankruptcy does not make sense to us,” said Sen. Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga. “We’re trying to be as flexible as possible and we’re willing to negotiate on everything but taxes.”

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We should not negotiate on ANYTHING at all. We should tell Gov. Doofus and the Democrats to cut state spending back to 1998 levels and they can take it or leave it.

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Today's cartoon from the Orange County Register:

May 16 cartoon

MIKE SHELTON, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER