California Recall Daily Thread(9/21/2003): 16 Days To Go

California Recall Daily Thread: Up To The Minute News ^ | 9.21.2003 | DoctorZin

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In just 16 days the people of California will choose a Governor and as a result set a course that will affect the future of the state and our country in profound ways. This thread has been created to keep us all informed of the important developments.

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CA: 187 revival unlikely - McClintock is alone in advocating 'long shot' bid.

The Orange County Register ^ | September 20, 2003 | Martin Wisckol
Posted on 09/21/2003 12:36 AM PDT by concentric circles

Tom McClintock wants to resurrect Proposition 187, taking advantage of the legal opening Gov. Gray Davis left when he settled the case and halted state appeals to uphold the initiative in 1999....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986488/posts

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TOM MCCLINTOCK DAILY EDITION - 9/21/03 (CA GOVERNOR'S RACE)

Posted on 09/21/2003 7:18 AM PDT by Rabid Republican

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986549/posts

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Locke will campaign against California recall

Seattle Times ^ | 9-21-2003 | David Ammons
Posted on 09/21/2003 9:14 AM PDT by Trailer Trash

By David Ammons
The Associated Press

OLYMPIA Gov. Gary Locke will campaign for embattled colleague Gray Davis in California tomorrow....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986595/posts

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Bustamante criticizes low-paying companies (McClintock questions Schwarzenegger's funds)

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | 09/21/2003 | San Diego Union-Tribune
Posted on 09/21/2003 9:25 AM PDT by RS

"You know, people talk about how bad it is in California. It's not that bad," said Bustamante, who nevertheless tailored his message for an audience in a county where more than one in five workers are unemployed. To companies that would prefer to move overseas to pay "50 cents an hour or $10 a day," Bustamante said, "Leave! We want good jobs in California. We want decent paying jobs in California." ....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986602/posts

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Gov. Davis Gets Recall Help From Edwards

ABC News ^ | September 20, 2003 | AP
Posted on 09/21/2003 9:36 AM PDT by redlipstick

Candidates Campaign Around State

SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 20 — Gov. Gray Davis turned to another high-profile Democrat to help him stay in office Saturday as the candidates trying to replace him fanned out across the state for a busy campaign day in California's recall election....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986608/posts

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LATEST CA RECALL POLL: Bustamante 28%, Schwarzenegger 26%, McClinitock 14%

Public Policy Institute via RealClearPolitics ^ | Sept. 20, 2003 | Public Policy Institute
Posted on 09/21/2003 10:57 AM PDT by FairOpinion

At the Real Clear Politics (link I gave above) site they have a summary of all the CA poll, this is the lastest, didn't see it posted, didn't see it in any news articles either.

Right at the summary they have a link to the 35 page pdf detailed poll of PPI. The PPI poll was taken Sept. 8 to 17th.

Davis recall: 53% yes, 42% no.

Among the candidate, Bustamante is ahead Schwarzenegger by 2%, while McClintock is syphoning away 14% of the votes from Schwarzenegger.

Bustamante 28%

Schwarzenegger 26%

Mcclintock 14%

The combined AS & TMc vote wout be a sure winner, beating Bustamante by a decisive margin: 42% Schwarzenegger, 28% Bustamante....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986641/posts

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Opposition to Recall Gaining in Poll

AP ^ | 9-21-03 | AP
Posted on 09/21/2003 1:55 AM PDT by ambrose

By TOM CHORNEAU, Associated Press Writer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites)' prospects for keeping his job appear to be brightening, according to a new poll that shows growing opposition to the recall movement.

The Public Policy Institute of California survey, released Sunday, showed 53 percent of voters supporting a recall, down 5 percentage points from the institute's previous poll taken in August.

That was good news for Davis, analysts agreed. But they were uncertain whether the governor could continue to close the gap enough between now and Oct. 7, the recall election's scheduled date....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986494/posts

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His [McClintock's] Passion Is Purely Fiscal (CA Recall)

LA Times ^ | September 21, 2003 | Paul Pringle
Posted on 09/21/2003 9:12 AM PDT by pogo101

Chris McClintock traces her son's twin penchants for politics and penny wisdom to age 8. The third-grader wanted to ride the bus to presidential candidate Barry Goldwater's campaign office near the family home in White Plains, N.Y.

"He was really into the whole concept of government," McClintock said, her eyes welling with pride. "He loved it."

Young Tom McClintock didn't have to ask his parents for the bus fare. He had it stashed in his piggy bank. So off he went.

Thirty-nine years later, he is a state senator on the ride of his life, running for governor in California's Oct. 7 recall election. The Thousand Oaks Republican bills himself as the thriftiest politician in the race — the unequaled enemy of a bloated bureaucracy and a "taxpayers' advocate" loath to dip into the state's piggy bank....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986594/posts

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New Schwarzenegger visa issue (bricklaying w/o a license)

Mercury News ^ | 9/21/03 | Dion Nissenbaum
Posted on 09/21/2003 12:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

SACRAMENTO - In a bid to win over Latino voters in the turbulent recall race, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger began running a Spanish-language radio ad last week that touts his humble beginnings in America as a bricklayer.

While the Austrian native has made his immigrant's tale a rallying cry in his bid for governor, seven immigration attorneys said the up-and-coming bodybuilder most likely violated the terms of his work visa by launching his bricklaying business in 1971.

In interviews over the years, Schwarzenegger has said he joined forces with an Italian bodybuilder to rebuild damaged homes after the deadly Sylmar earthquake jolted Southern California.

But immigration attorneys across the country said Schwarzenegger would have been barred by visa restrictions from starting his own business. Moreover, there is no record that the pair ever received the required state contractor's license....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986662/posts

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Poll Shows Most in Calif. Would Vote to Oust Davis

Reuters ^ | 9-21 | Reuters
Posted on 09/21/2003 1:20 PM PDT by ambrose

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986683/posts

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Gov. Davis Campaigns in San Francisco Gay District

Reuters ^ | 9-21 | Reuters
Posted on 09/21/2003 1:55 PM PDT by ambrose

Sat September 20, 2003 08:33 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Gray Davis, facing a recall election scheduled for less than three weeks away, cited his support for same-sex couples on Saturday as he campaigned in the heart of San Francisco's gay district....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986688/posts

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Huffington targets Schwarzenegger (H. to pull out & support behind Bustamante, every 3% counts)

Toledo Blade ^ | Sept. 21, 2003 | JIM PROVANCE
Posted on 09/21/2003 4:14 PM PDT by FairOpinion

LOS ANGELES - Arianna Huffington, the only woman among major California recall candidates, makes it clear she doesn’t want a Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

"That would be a kind of national disaster," she said....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986738/posts

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GOP'd Rather Be Right Than In Office

The Los Angeles Daily News ^ | September 20, 2003 | Thomas D. Elias
Posted on 09/21/2003 2:14 PM PDT by quidnunc

There's a reason why California Republicans can't unite behind a single candidate even when that candidate has a decent chance of winning: Many of them feel they'd rather be right than vote for a winner.


That's what's happening now, as most opinion polls show Republican actor Arnold Schwarzenegger could win the ongoing race to replace a recalled Gov. Gray Davis — if he were the only major Republican left in the race. The same polls indicate Ventura County state Sen. Tom McClintock, No. 3 in the polls, most likely cannot win....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986692/posts

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Schwarzenegger's strategic mistakes

SteveH | 9/21/03 | SteveH
Posted on 09/21/2003 2:53 PM PDT by SteveH

This is a pessimistic view of the California recall election from the conservative point of view.

Schwarzenegger made a number of huge strategic blunders in the California recall election. I surmise he is getting RINO advice from his RINO Quackenbush country club advisors. They probably told him to swing left early and bridge the gender gap. They probably told him not to bother consolidating support in his own party before swinging left, because more conservative politicians did not have his star power popularity and because they could never win in a liberal state. The conservatives would all be forced to follow Arnold when his strategy was revealed to succeed at the statewide level in the polls, and slowly but surely, conservative challengers (almost all of whom had already declared by the time Arnold entered the race) would be forced to step aside....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/986705/posts