[SierraWasp]

I saw this report on the 11:PM newscast after the debate yesterday, but they didn't put the story up on their website till today, for some strange reason!!!

[Dan from Michigan]

Go McClintock!!!

[SierraWasp]

I just can NOT trust this TV station! They kept this off their web site till late friday to fall into the week-end news trough and be missed by most people!!!

[CFC__VRWC]

I saw this report on the 11:PM newscast after the debate yesterday, but they didn't put the story up on their website till today, for some strange reason!!!

It's Friday, so no one's following the news for a couple of days. They dump it onto the website now, and by Monday it's disappeared.

[risk]

I'm still looking forward to the CBA debates that will include Schwarzenegger.

[daviddennis]

This looks like bad news for Bustamante, especially for those who actually bother to read his rambling, incoherent responses.

It makes me wonder if the lefty vote will be split as badly as ours was supposed to be, in which case supporters of all candidates can be pretty much free to vote their conscience. If we could see Bustamante's vote split, we'd be almost guaranteed to see a Republican win.

Interesting.

D

[FairOpinion]

So why didn't they add the one simple question that really matters: "Who do you plan to vote for on Oct. 7?"

[My2Cents]

The poll questioned 1,444 registered California voters

Interestingly enough, only 1,444 watched the debate the other night.

[My2Cents]

The poll showed that Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to skip the debate may have been costly. Fifty-five percent of voters felt it was the wrong thing to do, while 37 percent approved of the actor's absence.

Gee, 55% thought Arnold goofed by no showing up. Isn't that just about the same percentage of people who support other candidates?

[My2Cents]

Gov. Gray Davis' half-hour appearance prior to the debate may not have improved his chances of avoiding recall.

No, if he campaigns for himself, he's dead. His only chance of success is to have stand-in's, like Diane Feinstein, and the Clintons.

[My2Cents]

30 percent of California voters felt McClintock won the debate

From what I saw of the debate, I'd say McC won too. But I'll likely vote for Arnold. I bet half the respondents who said McC won the debate are Arnold supporters.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

New survey confirms governor can’t help himself;
shows McClintock in possible tie with Schwarzenegger, Bustamante.
by William E. Saracino (contributes regularly to CPR Online)

The Gov. Gray Davis anti-recall campaign’s new television commercial features Sen. Diane
Feinstein looking into the camera urging voters to oppose the recall. Davis does not appear and
is barely mentioned, although he is the man the commercial is meant to benefit. Expect this to
be the standard Davis commercial for the balance of the election — lots of Feinstein and other
surrogates, little or no Davis.

Recent polling has confirmed what earlier surveys and focus groups first suggested: that the
governor loses ground with voters when he makes his own case. A survey taken late last week
for an amalgam of Sacramento-based statewide organizations by a nationally- respected east
coast polling firm was the latest to show this phenomena.

A source familiar with this latest poll described the sight or sound of the governor as “fingernails
on a chalkboard to a large majority of voters.” A Sacramento source who saw the figures
described the average voter’s view of Davis as being “Richard Nixon without the charm.” The
survey reportedly showed the governor’s approval rating in danger of slipping below 20 percent.

Senator Feinstien, on the other hand, remains highly popular, especially with the Democrat base,
from whom a heavy turnout is essential if Davis is to have any chance of survival. Feinstein will
be featured in a series of pro-Davis commercials, as will be “man in the street” testimonials
from teachers, fire fighters, and other public employees.

The candidate portion of the same poll contained good news for state Sen. Tom McClintock.
While exact numbers were not released, those familiar with the survey described the results as
having McClintock “within the margin of error” of being tied for first with Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Cruz Bustamanate. Such a split would probably fall in the 25 percent range for each
candidate.

The other major Republican, Peter Ueberroth, who is running as an Independent, was said to be
“in the low single digits,” currently showing “no perceptible movement.”

These results could prove to be a huge break for McClintock and bad news for
Schwarzenegger. But for the senator to benefit tangibly from this closely-held
private survey, the numbers will have to be released or confirmed by one or more
public surveys. One private poll will not change the current “two-man race”
perception of most pundits and many voters. But if new, soon-to-be-released polls
also show McClintock closing in on the lead, the “conventional wisdom” of recent
weeks would be shattered, opening an entirely new phase of the campaign.

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[eldoradude]

I'm surprised they posted it at all.

[No Dems 2004]

It would be great of McClintock pulled it off, wouldn't it?

[A Broken Glass Republican]

Hey, congratulations Tom! You won the debate! That's just great because by staying in this race, you're going to be responsible for the LOSS of a SURE WIN for the second time in one year.

Great job Tom! Hope you've enjoyed your political career because it's DEAD if you don't drop out.

[ladyinred]

9% thought Zsa Zsa was the winner?
OMG!

[xm177e2]

30% of the vote is enough to win the election, if nobody does any better. And if Arnold backed McClintock, he would almost be a shoo-in.

[Walkin Man]

I think its time for Arnie to withdraw and throw all of his support to Tom McC!

Arnie is on a steady downward trend with his high negatives, he is a divisive, polarizing figure. The base voters of the Republican party have rejected the empty suit and the liberals in both parties that are behind his campaign.

[Aggressive Calvinist]

Bill Kristol was on cable tv in Los Angeles tonight. He said he couldn't understand the heavy pressure the Establishment GOP was putting on McClintock to bail out of the race.

Kristol is an inside the beltway NeoCon, so I found his outrage refreshing compared to the daily chanting on Salem Broadcasting talk-radio that McClintock must throw in the towel and bow down to Arnold.

When you listen to the lock-jaw talk-jocks on the Salem system you have to wonder why they are screaming so hard for McClintock to be the scapegoat for the lousey campaign that Arnold is running.

Go, Tom! Stay the course and let Arnold drop out.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Excellent!