California Recall Daily Thread(9/24/2003): 13 Days To Go

California Recall Daily Thread: Up To The Minute News ^ | 9.24.2003 | DoctorZin

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In just 13 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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Doc, IF you think this story might be valid, do you think it's worth a ping to your list?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988492/posts

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The Coming Of The Taxerminator (Arnold Explains His Free Market Views)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 9/24/03 | Arnold Schwarzenegger
Posted on 09/23/2003 11:52 PM PDT by goldstategop

My Economic Policy California needs someone to terminate taxes.

BY ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:01 a.m. EDT

I have often said that the two people who have most profoundly impacted my thinking on economics are Milton Friedman and Adam Smith. At Christmas I sometimes annoy some of my more liberal Hollywood friends by sending them a gift of Mr. Friedman's classic economic primer, "Free to Choose." What I learned from Messrs. Friedman and Smith is a lesson that every political leader should never forget: that when the heavy fist of government becomes too overbearing and intrusive, it stifles the unlimited wealth creation process of a free people operating under a free enterprise system....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988262/posts

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McClintock bests Dean in Net donations [pulling in $50,000 a day via Web]

WorldNetDaily ^ | 9-24 | WorldNetDaily
Posted on 09/23/2003 11:55 PM PDT by ambrose

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Wednesday, September 24, 2003
TOTAL RECALL
McClintock bests Dean
in Net donations
Governor candidate pulling in $50,000 a day via Web

While presidential candidate Howard Dean has won praise for his ability to raise money via the Internet, state Sen. Tom McClintock, a Republican candidate for governor in California's free-for-all recall election, says, when considering daily totals, he is raising more online cash than is the Vermont Democrat....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988264/posts

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Hugh Hewitt: California recall: One issue, and one issue only

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 | Hugh Hewitt
Posted on 09/24/2003 12:11 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

The big debate gets underway at 6:00 p.m. tonight, PST, and the media is working itself into a frenzy. My take is that unless Arnold comes up with the California equivalent of President Ford's declaration of a free Poland in 1976, the debate will be a non-factor in the race....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988275/posts

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Indian Givers--II - Tribes that run California casinos aim to run the whole state ~ John Fund

Opinion Journal ^ | September 24, 2003 | John Fund
Posted on 09/24/2003 12:49 AM PDT by Elle Bee

JOHN FUND'S POLITICAL DIARY

Indian Givers--II
Tribes that run California casinos aim to run the whole state.

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:01 a.m.

California state judge Loren McMaster ruled this week that Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante violated campaign laws by paying for a TV ad campaign with more than $3 million from Indian casinos and unions, donated in violation of state contribution limits. Richie Ross, Mr. Bustamante's campaign manager, says the campaign has already spent the money and thus can't comply with the judge's order to return it to the donors. The controversy will dog Mr. Bustamante's campaign as well as raise questions about the disproportionate influence that Indian casinos now exercise in California government....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988286/posts

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Send in the Dancing Bears

American Spectator ^ | 9/24/2003 12:02:00 AM | James Bowman
Posted on 09/24/2003 1:27 AM PDT by swilhelm73

Oy. The full ninth circuit has now reversed the ruling of three of its more creative members and allowed the October 7 statewide California recall election to proceed as scheduled. Punch card voting, it turns out, is not a violation of civil rights. This came as a relief to the hundreds of thousands of voters who had already cast absentee ballots....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988296/posts

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More legal hurdles could arise in Calif.

AP | 9/24/03 | DAVID KRAVETS
Posted on 09/24/2003 1:47 AM PDT by kattracks

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's recall election is headed forward, but it could become embroiled in more litigation after the Oct. 7 vote if a close tally forces a Florida-style recount. Legal experts said Tuesday's federal appellate court ruling to reinstate the election date despite the fact six counties use error-prone punch-card ballots leaves the door open to lawsuits....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988300/posts

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The Arnold they remember back home

Christian Science Monitor ^ | September 24, 2003 | Colin Woodard
Posted on 09/24/2003 2:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

THAL, AUSTRIA - When Arnold Schwarzenegger left this tiny Alpine farming village to chase bodybuilding dreams in America, he retained more of his upbringing than just his trademark accent, people here say.

There's a lot of Europe left in the California gubernatorial candidate, says Werner Kopacka, who has known Mr. Schwarzenegger for 20 years "And even the most conservative European is more concerned with the social issues of ordinary people than the most social[ist] American," says Mr. Kopacka, a reporter with the newspaper Kronen Zeitung. "He is a politician of a different type for America - a conservative who would really protect the small guy." ....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988312/posts

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JUDGES RECALL THE LAW

New York Post ^ | 9/24/03
Posted on 09/24/2003 2:49 AM PDT by kattracks

September 24, 2003 -- The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a highly liberal body in its own right, yesterday made quick work of the attempt by three of its most liberal judges to stop California's recall vote. Sitting en banc, 11 other judges threw out their colleagues' temporary restraining order and declared the recall back on for Oct. 7.
"A federal court cannot lightly interfere with or enjoin a state election," the panel declared - a dictum the original three judges seem not to have seriously considered....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988323/posts

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Calif. Recall Candidates Prep for Debate (Senate Minority Leader Endorses Schwarzenegger)

AP | 9/24/03
Posted on 09/24/2003 3:01 AM PDT by kattracks

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sep 24, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- With court challenges to the state's Oct. 7 recall vote apparently exhausted, candidates hoping to replace Gov. Gray Davis began a 14-day sprint to the finish that includes a crucial debate among the leading challengers....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988331/posts

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California Enacts Toughest Anti-Spam Bill

Charlotte Observer ^ | 09/23/03 | TOM CHORNEAU
Posted on 09/24/2003 6:14 AM PDT by bedolido

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will prohibit Internet advertisers from sending unsolicited e-mails under the toughest law of its kind in the nation, providing for fines up to $1 million.

Gov. Gray Davis signed legislation Tuesday that targets not only the firms that package and send spam to consumers, but also the companies whose products and services are being advertised....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988397/posts

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The Middle Wins [Letter to the Editor Barf]

Los Angeles Daily News | 09-24-2003 | Prentiss A. Moore
Posted on 09/24/2003 6:49 AM PDT by boris

I always thought politicians and governance were about compromise and building bridges. I think Bill Clinton was correct when he noted that conservatives govern with ideology, while Democrats do it with ideas.

Conservatives (and I include state Sen. Tom McClintock) see a black and white world, are inflexible in their beliefs, and are unwilling to bend...

Mc Clintock has produced very little as a legislator other than a history of "no" votes.

Conservatives will entertain no ideas outside of their ideology, while the diversity of the Democrats assures discussion of all ideas. It has also been said that there are 20 percent on the far left (ideologues), another 20 percent on the far right (also ideologues), with 60 percent in the middle. It's that middle that can win elections....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988428/posts

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TOM MCCLINTOCK DAILY EDITION - 9/24/03 (CA GOVERNOR'S RACE)

Posted on 09/24/2003 7:02 AM PDT by Rabid Republican

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988444/posts

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California: Ruling rocks wobbly budget deal. Judge blocks the sale of pension bonds

Sacramento Bee ^ | September 24, 2003 | John Hill
Posted on 09/24/2003 7:39 AM PDT by John Jorsett

The shaky budget approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gray Davis two months ago began to unravel Tuesday when a Sacramento Superior Court judge blocked the sale of a $2 billion bond to cover the state's pension payments. Unless the decision is reversed on appeal, it would blow a $2 billion hole in this year's budget, erasing a rainy-day reserve of about that amount. If any of the spending plan's other assumptions fall through -- as many analysts predict they will -- the state would find itself facing another deficit in the fiscal year that began July 1....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988482/posts

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One-fifth of all recall money -- $6.7 million -- has come from tribes ($600K to McClintock)

Sand Francisco Chronicle ^ | Sept. 24, 2003 | Mark Simon
Posted on 09/24/2003 8:29 AM PDT by FairOpinion

The huge campaign contributions by the California Indian tribes that operate gaming casinos -- and Indian influence as the state's newest and biggest special interest -- have become a pivotal issue in the final two weeks of the recall election....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988522/posts

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Darrell Issa will Endorse a Candidate for Governor Within 24 to 48 Hours of the Debate Tonight

Darrel Issa ^
Posted on 09/24/2003 7:41 AM PDT by TheDon

In an interview on KFI 640 AM, Rep. Darrell Issa stated that he would be endorsing one of the top Republican candidates for governor within 24 to 48 hours of the debate scheduled for tonight.

He further stated that he would be endorsing the candidate very actively, by campaigning for the candidate, i.e. ads, radio interviews, money, etc....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988485/posts

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: My Economics

Wall Street Journal ^ | Sept 24, 2003 | ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Posted on 09/24/2003 2:23 AM PDT by The Raven

I have often said that the two people who have most profoundly impacted my thinking on economics are Milton Friedman and Adam Smith. At Christmas I sometimes annoy some of my more liberal Hollywood friends by sending them a gift of Mr. Friedman's classic economic primer, "Free to Choose." What I learned from Messrs. Friedman and Smith is a lesson that every political leader should never forget: that when the heavy fist of government becomes too overbearing and intrusive, it stifles the unlimited wealth creation process of a free people operating under a free enterprise system....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988309/posts

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Arnold's Grand Slam (Economic Policy Write-Up in the Wall St Journal)

Powerline ^ | 9/24/03 | Hindrocket
Posted on 09/24/2003 9:15 AM PDT by NYC Republican

Arnold Schwarzenegger's conservative fans have been waiting for Arnold the candidate to sound like Arnold the private citizen. Much of what he has been saying has no doubt been lost in the hubbub over the recall process, but he has not really emerged as the powerful spokesman for free enterprise and unlimited opportunity that we expected to hear.

Until now. In this morning's Wall Street Journal, Arnold knocks it out of the park with a ringing endorsement of Friedmanesque economics as applied to California governance: ....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/988553/posts