California Recall Daily Thread (9/27/2003) 10 Days To Go

In just 10 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.

I invite you to post all the major recall stories here or if it has already been posted, then add links to these posts. We welcome discussions of the candidates, the issues, campaign strategy, the polls, etc. Please be civil in your comments.

If you want to be added to a ping list on the recall please freepmail me and make sure you mention that you want to be added to the "recall ping list." I will ping you once daily at the start of the thread and occasionally if there is major breaking news.

Arnold Schwarzenegger da Terminator Turns Tail in Recall

HIGH TRUE WITH TOMAS GRTV VANITY | 27 SEPT 03 | TomasUSMC
Posted on 09/27/2003 2:33 AM PDT by TomasUSMC

Friday September 26 - the day the Great Golden Tiger turned into the little yellow pussycat.

Today embattled Gov. Grey Davis, losing ground in all the polls, weakened by recent court decisions challenged Mr. Schwarzenegger to a Mano a Mano, one on one debate. Much to the horror of his supporters in the Republican Party's Lemming Wing, the Terminator suffered a serious weakening of the muscles around his spine and was last seen by the LAPD, looking for a loophole through which to escape in his Hummer. This comming a week after stating that he would only debate in the superbowl of debates....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990495/posts

JIM BOREN: Bad behavior from California recall candidates

Fresno Bee ^ | 9-27-03 | Jim Boren
Posted on 09/27/2003 10:02 AM PDT by EggsAckley

Scripps-McClatchy Western Service (Published Saturday, September 27, 2003, 8:22 AM)
The Sacramento Bee

(SMW) - We learned the other day that the major candidates for governor are just like most of us. They can be rude, overbearing and insulting when they're under pressure. But if they want to govern California, it seems they'd be better off by turning it down a notch. Most voters want cooler heads in the governor's office. Wednesday night in Sacramento, they saw three of the top five candidates auditioning for WWF instead of strutting their gubernatorial stuff....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990638/posts

Schwarzenegger adviser linked to card clubs, Nevada casinos

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Saturday, September 27, 2003 | Mark Martin
Posted on 09/27/2003 10:08 AM PDT by calcowgirl

Schwarzenegger adviser linked to card clubs, Nevada casinos
Rivals cry foul amid actor's attacks on Indian gaming
Mark Martin, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau

A top political adviser to Arnold Schwarzenegger serves on the board of directors of a company that owns two Nevada casinos and has interests in two Southern California card clubs that compete with casinos run by California Indian tribes....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990641/posts

Word is the Terminator dropped a small bundle on a private jet so he and his beloved, Maria Shriver, could fly from the Cannes Film Festival to Venice - for a gondola ride.

More fiscal thriftiness from the future Governor Frugal.

News briefs on the California recall (Sundheim crashes Davis party)

The Associated Press ^ | September 26, 2003
Posted on 09/27/2003 10:46 AM PDT by calcowgirl

California Republican Party Chairman Duf Sundheim crashed a Gov. Gray Davis campaign event Friday where he defended Arnold Schwarzenegger, criticized Davis' debate challenge to the actor -- and ended up in a confrontation with feminist activist attorney Gloria Allred.

After an event with women supporters wrapped up, Sundheim began giving spin to reporters, accusing Davis of ignoring the public's business to raise money and defending Schwarzenegger's record with women....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990655/posts

Schwarzenegger's campaign accounts $2.4 million in red

Associated Press ^ | 09-26-03
Posted on 09/26/2003 6:16 PM PDT by Brian S

THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer Friday, September 26, 2003

(09-26) 18:08 PDT SACRAMENTO (AP) --

Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign accounts owe more than $2.4 million in unpaid bills to consultants and other creditors, leaving more cash free for his time-compressed governor's recall campaign....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990373/posts

Will Arnold kill Hollywood North? [Canadian film industry]

Toronto Star ^ | 9-27 | Toronto Star
Posted on 09/27/2003 1:20 PM PDT by ambrose

Sep. 27, 2003. 08:32 AM

Will Arnold kill Hollywood North?
Silent on aversion to Canadian industry....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990698/posts

California Insider
A Weblog by
Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub

« Judge to Cruz: halt ads | | How the Dems are helping Tom »

September 27, 2003
Voter registration climbing

Voter registration for the Oct. 7 election will exceed last year's numbers, and turnout on Election Day probably will as well, the Chronicle reports. A survey of counties finds that the ranks of independent voters continue to grow, while Republicans are holding their own and Democrats are facing declines in key counties.

UPDATE: Keep your eye on the Central Valley. This was a surprising Davis stronghold in 1998, and drifted away from him in 2002. Now the Chronicle numbers show that Fresno County, where Republicans had a narrow 43.9-43.0 registration edge a year ago, is today 46.2 percent Republican to 40.5 percent Democrat. That is a massive change in just one year.

UPDATE 2: More anecdotal evidence that a big turnout is brewing, from Contra Costa and Alameda counties. In the Contra Costa Times....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990699/posts

Taking a nasty turn [Davis campaign blasts Arnold for not going to his father's funeral]

Kansas.com ^ | 9-27-03 | Mary Anne Ostrom
Posted on 09/27/2003 1:51 PM PDT by ambrose

By Mary Anne Ostrom
Mercury News

WEST HOLLYWOOD - Displaying a new level of bitterness, Gov. Gray Davis lashed out at Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday in ads attacking the Republican as a candidate who ``can't get his facts straight'' and ``has no experience.''

The ad began running statewide hours after Davis issued a direct challenge to Schwarzenegger to debate while the governor's supporters said the actor has displayed anti-woman values throughout his career.

With less than two weeks to go, Friday's events were the most personal yet in the tumultuous recall campaign, as Davis accused Schwarzenegger of distorting his record and Republicans lambasted a ``desperate'' governor for relying on ``puke politics.'' ....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990709/posts

Bruce Herschensohn does ad for Tom McClintock

California Republican Assembly ^ | Sept. 27, 03 | California Republican Assembly
Posted on 09/27/2003 12:40 PM PDT by churchillbuff

I just heard a GREAT radio ad supporting Tom McClintock for Governor. It was Bruce Herschensohn - - California's MR. CONSERVATIVE -- speaking from the heart. An announcement said it was co-sponsored by California Republican Assemply, so I went to their web site - - and here's the official announcement of the Herschensohn ad:

CRA LAUNCHES RADIO CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT TOM MCCLINTOCK FOR GOVERNOR The California Republican Assembly announced today that it was beginning a radio campaign urging support for Tom McClintock in the recall election October 7th. Bruce Herschensohn speaks candidly with listeners in the 60 second spot confronting the argument that although McClintock is the best candidate, he can’t win.

“If everyone who has said that would vote for him he’d win by a landslide,” Herschensohn says. The spot concludes with an appeal from Herschensohn: “If you think he’s the most qualified candidate, support him. At this point, it doesn’t depend on him, it depends on you.” ....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990687/posts

New Recall TV Spots Online! Ads Focus on Davis AND Bustamante

Recall Gray Davis Committee ^ | 09/27/2003 | Howard Kaloogian - Chairman, Recall Gray Davis Committee
Posted on 09/27/2003 12:51 PM PDT by Impeach98

ALERT! Here are the new tv ads that my cohorts at the Recall Gray Davis Committee just completed.

They begin running on Tuesday of next week.

The ads feature not just Gray Davis, but more importantly, Cruz Bustamante, reminding viewers that "Cruz Bustamante is just another shade of Gray."

Let's hope that voters choose to dump Gray Davis and realize that Cruz Bustamante is not an acceptable alternative whatsoever.

CLICK HERE to SEE THE TV ADS....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990688/posts

Tom McClintock, a true conservative - "Fresno Bee" Letter to the Editor

Fresno Bee ^ | September 27, 2003 | Saundra Duffy-Hawkins
Posted on 09/27/2003 2:10 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy

By Saundra Duffy-Hawkins Fresno (Published Saturday, September 27, 2003, 5:34 AM)

Pro-life, pro-family, conservative Republicans are becoming a rare commodity in the Valley these days. State Sen. Chuck Poochigian endorsed Mike Villines for Assembly District 29. Mr. Villines has pro-choice ex-governor (and campaign consultant to Arnold Schwarzenegger) Pete Wilson stumping and raising money for him. Meanwhile, Bill Jones and Mike Der Manouel Jr. are backing pro-choice Mr. Schwarzenegger for governor and telling pro-life Republican Tom McClintock to go jump in a lake....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990718/posts

Sources: Internal Polls Show Schwarzenegger May Be Pulling Ahead

Foxnews ^ | 09/26/03 | Major Garrett
Posted on 09/26/2003 7:36 PM PDT by Pikamax

Friday, September 26, 2003
By Major Garrett

LOS ANGELES — Internal Republican and Democratic polls show Gov. Gray Davis has lost momentum in his fight to beat the recall and suggest Arnold Schwarzenegger (search) might be pulling away from Democrat Lt. Gov Cruz Bustamante (search ) and Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock, sources told Fox News.

No public polling has been released this week and all the top campaigns are awaiting the next round of polls from the Field Group and the Los Angeles Times to set the tone for the final week of California's historic recall election.

Republicans and Democrats have conducted nightly "tracking" polls for weeks and those numbers have often closely tracked with the sporadic release of public polls.

According to sources in both parties, Davis trails on the recall question by as many as 14 points....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990401/posts

Calif. Recall Big Boost for Porn Star's Career

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 9-26-03 | Michael Kahn
Posted on 09/27/2003 2:19 PM PDT by Simmy2.5

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Porn actress Mary Carey's message may not be resonating with many voters but her bid to become California governor has her videos flying off shelves....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990722/posts

How the Dems are helping Tom

The Sacramento Bee ^ | September 27, 2003 | Daniel Weintraub
Posted on 09/27/2003 2:27 PM PDT by Joaquin

California Insider
A Weblog by
Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub
September 27, 2003

One of the untold stories of this campaign is the degree to which Democrats have helped Tom McClintock stay competitive in the race to replace. Everyone by now knows that the casino gaming tribes, which clearly favor Bustamante, are helping McClintock in what appears to be a strategy of pulling votes away from Schwarzenegger. But Democrats also have given McClintock a completely free pass on policy positions he has taken that are opposed to everything Democrats believe in....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990725/posts

Watching things from AZ with a daughter living in Norco I do have a little bit of remote viewing interest in this.

From what I've seen of the candidates battling each other without Arnold and then the debate with Arnold this is how I see it going down.

Davis gets recalled despite heavy-handed help from the Clintoons by a solid margin.

Arnold gets the greatest number of votes somewhere around 30 - 35%

Bust-Da-Money despite heavy-handed help from the Who's of McCauliffville comes in a at second most likely tied with McClintock somewhere around 25%

The Greenie (hmmm that kinda fits him) is a far distant third.

With Ariana Puffing-tongue trailing way-way back in the pack barely beating out Gary Coleman, Larry Flynt, and what's her name the stripper.

I give the whole mess 30=60 days and the Anti-American Corruptor Licentiousness UnseMenche will file suit with the 9th Circus to invalidate it on spurious trumped up grounds that should but won't be tossed out for being Barratry.

Cruz Bustamante Responds to Criticism His Campaign Hurts Davis

KABC7 ^ | 9-27 | KABC7
Posted on 09/27/2003 2:54 PM PDT by ambrose

SOUTH GATE — The leading Democrat among governor candidates has responded to criticism by backers of Governor Gray Davis. They say the Bustamante campaign hurts the effort to defeat the governor recall.

Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante said during a campaign stop today in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate that he will continue to oppose California voter recall of Davis. That is the "yes" or "no" question on the October seventh ballot.

Bustamante said that in every speech he has made and in all of his commercials he has opposed recalling Davis.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990735/posts

Schwarzenegger declines Larry King invite to debate Davis

AP ^ | 9-27 | AP
Posted on 09/27/2003 3:41 PM PDT by ambrose

www.sfgate.com
BETH FOUHY and ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press Writers
Saturday, September 27, 2003
©2003 Associated Press
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/09/27/national1817EDT0590.DTL

(09-27) 15:17 PDT SOUTH GATE, Calif. (AP) --

Concerned about "spoiler" candidates on the left and right, Gov. Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger have moved quickly in the last few days to portray the race as a head-to-head contest -- a strategy some analysts say could backfire.

The governor and the actor got some help Saturday from CNN's Larry King, who invited them onto his show to debate one-on-one. But while Davis's campaign quickly accepted, the Republican front-runner's campaign insisted he has no intention of debating the Democrat....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990749/posts

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