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CA: Bustamante embraces -- then shuns -- a bold grab for power
Sac Bee ^
| 7/25/03
| Dan Walters
Posted on 07/25/2003 6:21:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:53:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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It started with an e-mail message last week to this column from a reader, asking whether strict interpretation of the state constitution would automatically make Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante the governor should Gov. Gray Davis be recalled.
"I am mystified by the governor recall election talk," the reader wrote. "If I understand the California Constitution, if Gray Davis resigns, dies in office, goes into a coma or is impeached and removed, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante will become governor for the remainder of the term. So why not the same outcome if Gray Davis is recalled?"
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: bustamante; calgov2002; embraces; grab; power; shuns
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"I tried to bring clarity to the process." = (I tried a powergrab and got kicked to the curb!) LOL
THat Cruz! What a kidder! ;-)
Ping
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posted on
07/25/2003 6:23:54 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...&&&&&&&&&...SuPPort FRee Republic.....www.DRAFTTOM.com..... NEVER FORGET)
To: NormsRevenge
If Gray Davis is feckless, Cruz Bustamante looks like a wilting wallflower.
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posted on
07/25/2003 6:24:32 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: NormsRevenge
I think that he was just afraid of the total chaos that would have broken out if he had tried, and the obvious chance that the SCOTUS would be called in to decide.
Given the rate at which this SCOTUS has intervened in State Rights -- to the detriment of the State or States in question, that was probably a valid consideration.
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posted on
07/25/2003 6:42:14 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Qui tacet consentit!)
To: goldstategop
Gotta know when to hold em...
know when to fold em.
To: NormsRevenge
Here's a guy that thinks California is already part
of Mexico: He Gives speeches in spanish and english.
To: Ronin
Alternatively, he might of been afraid of what would happen if he ended up winning....Remember perhaps the greatest political quip of all time...when William F Buckley Jr announced that he was running for mayor of NYC againsat John V. Lindsay, he was asked at his press conference what was the firts thing he would do if he won...."Demand a recount!!" Buckley replied..
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posted on
07/25/2003 7:11:24 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(ann coulter NEEDS to have kids ASAP....her gene pool has to be passed on.....any volunteers?)
To: ken5050
Ha!
Good point. Whoever does take over from Davis (providing California does kick him out) is going to have a major-league mess to unravel and is going to have to make a lot of enemies to get anything done.
No way I would take the job.
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posted on
07/25/2003 7:36:00 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Qui tacet consentit!)
To: NormsRevenge; *calgov2002; PeoplesRep_of_LA; Canticle_of_Deborah; snopercod; Grampa Dave; ...
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posted on
07/25/2003 8:16:03 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Recall Davis and then recall the rest of the Demon Rats!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
Well .. we did out part here - stating that if Cruz tried such a ploy, he would be next in line to be recalled.
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posted on
07/25/2003 12:05:12 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
( America - You Are The Greatest!!)
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