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Savage: McClintock 'Most Qualified'
Newsmax.com ^ | September 4, 2003 11:00 PM | Unknown

Posted on 09/05/2003 10:18:27 AM PDT by Pest

Savage: McClintock 'Most Qualified'

Nationally syndicated talk radio host Michael Savage weighed in on the California governor's race, offering strong praise for State Sen. Tom McClintock.

The Republican McClintock was interviewed on Savage's show Thursday night and Savage praised the gubernatorial candidate as the "most qualified" to be governor.

Savage told McClintock that "without a doubt, you are the clear leader" among the 135 candidates in the race.

The nod by Savage may pay huge dividends for McClintock.

Savage has a large and growing audience among conservatives and independents. Savage has the fourth-largest syndicated radio audience in the U.S., with an even stronger reach in California.

For years Savage has been the ratings leader on San Francisco's KSFO. He is now heard on Bay area station KNEW. His voice is heard on high-powered radio stations in Los Angeles and San Diego, as well as dozens of smaller markets throughout the state.

McClintock said conservative grass-roots support has led to his phenomenal rise. Published polls have him in the double digits.

And there are signs that Republican support for Schwarzenegger may be hemorrhaging in the wake of scandal dislosures and a greater focus on his qualifications.

McClintock told Savage that a poll conducted by several statewide organizations had him in a statistical dead heat with Schwarzenegger and Democrat Cruz Bustamante.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; election; endorsement; mcclintock; savage; talkradio
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To: Hildy
HE HAS NO CHANCE.

This is called defeatism, something conservatives should discourage among our peers. Our ideas have all the chances in the world of succeeding. We just need to promote them.

21 posted on 09/05/2003 10:52:35 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Hildy
He can get people to actually get off their fat asses and vote. McClintock can't.

Yes, he can. The entire recall is a Republican effort. Many Democrats will sit this one out, due to their poor candidates, Davis and Bustamante. But most Republican voters will show up. If a large majority of conservatives choose the candidate that represents their ideology, McClintock can win.

22 posted on 09/05/2003 10:55:03 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: babble-on
McClintock supporters want Bustamante to win because they believe it will hasten the collapse of society and then a new order can arise led by Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot, the patron Saints of weak Democrat candidates.

That is libel, pure and simple. McClintock supporters want conservatives to win, not fake Republicans.

23 posted on 09/05/2003 10:56:17 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: habs4ever
Would it suprise anyone if Tommy has been working on a deal with Dems to split the Pubby vote?

Sheesh.


24 posted on 09/05/2003 11:00:33 AM PDT by Sabertooth (Arnold wants Illegals to be legalized... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/971733/posts)
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To: SunStar
no, not libel, one actually said that to me yesterday (well not the bit about Perot and Buchanan). He said that the awful result of Bustamante would be preferable to the bad result of Schwarzenegger, because it will bring closer the day when society breaks down, then we can elect some "real" Republicans.
25 posted on 09/05/2003 11:04:46 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Sabertooth
Why not? His candidacy is beyond Walter Mittyish and if he's going to be a bitter ender, then he can kiss future Republican support goodbye.Why would a supposedly rational man commit political suicide? He has no future if he continues down this path.
27 posted on 09/05/2003 11:07:01 AM PDT by habs4ever
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To: Hildy
Arnold can win because of crossover Dem and independent votes.

The base won't turn out for him even if Tom drops out because they are principled and don't want to be irrelevant. If crossovers won elections for Republicans where are Fong, Campbell, Seymour, Huffington, Curb, and Quackenbush? The only reason Wilson won was he promised not to raise taxes. Then he did and by deepening the 1991 recession it COST the state over a billion in lost revenue.

28 posted on 09/05/2003 11:17:44 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (California! See how low WE can go!)
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To: babble-on
No, not libel, one actually said that to me yesterday (well not the bit about Perot and Buchanan).

Just because one person says this, doesn't mean that you can tar all McClintock supporters as such. I stand by my original contention that your statement was libelous. It would be like me saying that all Schwarzenegger supporters must want abortion-on-demand and gay rights just because they are surrendering principles in order to "win". Oh, wait...

29 posted on 09/05/2003 11:19:02 AM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Poohbah
That poll was statistically worthless because of the "special sauce" the LAT polling staff added.

I don't think the LAT added any "special sauce" to a SurveyUSA poll. (The LAT poll had McClintock at 12%.)

30 posted on 09/05/2003 11:20:58 AM PDT by heleny
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California gubernatorial candidates Lawrence Strauss,and Darrin Scheidle talk with fellow candidate Mary Carey.
31 posted on 09/05/2003 11:21:42 AM PDT by evets (Warning: graphic images.)
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To: habs4ever

I'm don't think you really understand California politics, McClintock's appeal, or Schwarzenegger's high negatives with a fair number of Republicans here. This is all part of a nine-year long running battle here between the grass-roots and the RNC. The RNC has had the upper hand, and thus has lead the GOP to Presidential, Senatorial, and Gubernatorial shutouts here since 1994.

Richard Nixon learned a lesson when he lost his gubernatorial run in 1962...

Richard Nixon once told a friend that he had learned from his own experience running for governor of California in 1962 that you can't win merely by appealing to conservatives. "But you can't win unless you do appeal to conservatives."
William F. Buckley- August 25, 2003

This is still true today, and this is why Arnold is having a tough time drawing conservative support. His advisors assumed the party would flock to him, and have campaigned straight from the center-left. Big mistake, and I'm not sure what he can do to correct it in the next month.

32 posted on 09/05/2003 11:24:05 AM PDT by Sabertooth (Arnold wants Illegals to be legalized... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/971733/posts)
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To: Pest
What if Arnold is only there to dilute the Republicans, hence pretty much handing a victory to Bustamente? McClintock would win for sure if Peter Uberoff (sp?) and Arnold dropped out.

Tinfoil? perhaps. Realistic? yes. Many people think that Arnold is a Republican, and when you start pointing out things about him, they then turn into this "well Arnold is not as bad of a liberal as Bustamante or Davis" and then I scratch my head and wonder if they realize what they just said.

33 posted on 09/05/2003 11:31:40 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: Carry_Okie
Principled? I think most good Conservatives will think about the good of the State. The problem with all of the analysis I've read here is that you're all acting like this is a normal election. And well all know it's not.
34 posted on 09/05/2003 11:48:13 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: SunStar
After reading your comments I can't help but come to any other conclusion than we are truly doomed.
35 posted on 09/05/2003 11:49:35 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: habs4ever
This is what I don't understand. I received a call from the Republican Party asking me for money and help walk the precincts. I asked them why should I give them money when they don't even care enough to throw all support and resourced to one candidate. Honestly, why should I care?
36 posted on 09/05/2003 11:52:02 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: Michael Pistone
As one of the very first to collect signature for the recall I was very disappointed to see Arnold announce his candidacy

Thanks for helping on the recall. What McClintock supporters have forgotton so quickly is that Simon and Issa dropped out of this race. If Arnold was not in, they would be, and I don't think McClintock would have done much better than split the vote about even with these other two Republicans.

37 posted on 09/05/2003 12:01:41 PM PDT by BigBobber
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To: Hildy
After reading your comments I can't help but come to any other conclusion than we are truly doomed.

Yes, with so many Republicans willing to give up our core values and beliefs to elect a Hollywood liberal RINO, we may be doomed.

38 posted on 09/05/2003 12:02:25 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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To: Pest
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39 posted on 09/05/2003 12:09:07 PM PDT by DoctorZIn
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To: Pest
Savage is hilarious, and has some of the keenest observations of anyone on radio. If you take all his fire breathing antics too seriously, you will miss a lot of wisdom. He is just one man with his opinion, but many of his opinions are brillant.
40 posted on 09/05/2003 12:10:16 PM PDT by Russell Scott (Without massive intervention from Heaven, America doesn't have a prayer.)
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