Davis' job performance rates poorly in poll Energy crisis began governor's slide

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 6 May 2002 | Carla Marinucci

[Grampa Dave]

Gov. Gray Davis, now wrestling with a growing controversy over state contracts with Oracle Corp., has one more reason to be concerned about his re- election effort -- a new Field Poll showing more Californians disapprove of his job performance.

[Grampa Dave]

I have the feeling that this poll might be a little different when the coverage of Whoreacle and its buyout of Davis is known by more people.

Since this Whoreacle story basically broke over the weekend, even conservatives in Kali were not aware of it and the scope.

We need to get the word out.

[Grampa Dave]

Your morning news to go with your morning coffee and Kali OJ!

[Grampa Dave]

Another early post for you.

[GraniteStateConservative]

If Simon can't win in this environment, he's an awful candidate.

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

If Simon can't win in this environment, he's an awful candidate.

Or there really is no hope for Kantafordia.

[Grampa Dave]

More info on Whoreacle and Benito Davis.

[Grampa Dave]

More data. This article was not buried in the Friday to Sunday burial of the other articles this weekend.

[Grampa Dave]

More good news to be talked about by talk show hosts and for us to email to our Kali friends and relatives.

[Grampa Dave]

Something is happening out here. A recent poll showed that if GW ran against Goron today, he would beat Goron with a clear margin.

Lets hope that it continues come our way.

[Gophack]

I have the feeling that this poll might be a little different when the coverage of Whoreacle and its buyout of Davis is known by more people.

I agree wholeheartedly.

Go Simon!

[Kobyashi1942]

If Simon can't win in this environment, he's an awful candidate.

More precisely, if Simon can't win this one, the Californian Republican party is an awful party.

Even if Simon wins the CRP is beyond incompetent.

[Grampa Dave]

We have to spread the word as we get it.

STOP WHOREACLE GATES/ABORT DAVIS!

[RonDog]

"With seven months to the November general election, in which Davis faces GOP candidate Bill Simon, one particularly ominous finding of the new Field Poll, DiCamillo says, is that registered voters are much more critical of Davis -- disapproving of his work in office by a strong 55 percent to 39 percent margin..."

This is EXCELLENT news, particularly in view of the huge "pro-RAT" bias built in to the Field poll's flawed methodology. See, from:

Field Poll Shows Incumbent Governor Davis In Trouble
Bill Simon for Governor | 4/27/02 | Staff
Posted on 4/28/02 1:55 PM Pacific by Liz

"-- The Field Poll is different from professional campaign polls because Field calls all California residents randomly and asks them if they are registered to vote and if they are likely to vote. This samples too large a group of voters - including many voters who will never vote and have not been paying attention to the race. Most professional polls exclude these unlikely voters until they express some greater sentiment for voting. In addition, casual voters will tend to forget who the challenger is and default to undecided against an incumbent they know and dislike.

The poll further confirms suspicions that career politician and incumbent Governor Gray Davis, whose Administration has been rocked by energy, education and budget failures, continues to see his re-election prospects rejected by Californians. Governors who poll less than 50% in polls after the primary almost always lose. Despite the methodological bias in the Field Poll, it shows that we are in an excellent position to overtake Davis once our advertising campaign begins..."

[Grampa Dave]

Would you remind us who your great party was in 2000, its candidate and how many votes your candidate/party got in 2000, particuliarly in Califonia!

[kickme]

Davis was so successful in picking pockets of various small groups, he thought he could get away with picking everyone's pocket at once. Finally people started realizing that their wallets were missing.

[Grampa Dave]

Actually, after he was elected this last time as Fascist Governor, Benito Davis went after the big bucks. He has really poed a couple of unions including the Kali Teachers Union and their members with his demand of $ 1 million from them to finance his campaign.

[eureka!]

Bump w/thanks for the flag...

[Coop]

Even the majority of Democrats, 53 percent, disapprove of the governor's job performance

:-)

[Grampa Dave]

Even the majority of Democrats, 53 percent, disapprove of the governor's job performance.

Those are the rat voters who can read at third grade level. Most of them are teachers at that level.

[Grampa Dave]

More good news from the left coast, land of Benito Davis!