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Davis Panicking, Demands Bustamante Withdraw
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Posted on 09/30/2003 4:34:38 PM PDT by ambrose
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Davis Panicking, Demands Bustamante Withdraw
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Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2003
Fox News reports Tuesday evening that Democrats in California are panicking as the Governors recall race goes to down to the wire. The cable network also reports that fierce infighting has developed between Gov. Gray Davis and recall candidate Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante.
The Davis camp is encouraging Bustamante to withdraw from the race.
According to sources, Davis polls show that if Bustamante pulls out, support for the recall would drop ten points.
Bustamante, meanwhile, is frantically trying to raise $1 million before the last weekend TV blitz -- but is getting stiff resistance from wealthy Democrats.
Fox says the Davis camp has been urging Democratic donors not to give to the Bustamante campaign.
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To: Erik Latranyi
"At least it is not just us Republicans who are fighting amongst themselves! "LOL. Ain't that the case....
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:49:52 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Rats and Presstitutes lie--they have to in order to survive.....)
To: EggsAckley
Encouraging is not demanding.
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:50:36 PM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: Alberta's Child
Re#25 I've thought the same thing. Tom may be on AS' team after all...
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:51:08 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Rats and Presstitutes lie--they have to in order to survive.....)
To: dighton
Encouraging is not demanding.Asking is just polite demanding. - Max Headroom
44
posted on
09/30/2003 4:53:05 PM PDT
by
snarkpup
To: eureka!
I've been to the Win-River Casino. It was eerie driving in there. You drive a mile or so through the reservation, past Indian homes. Talk about ghetto! Ramshackle shacks, broken windows, dead cars everywhere, and then all of a sudden you come to this big shiny casino.
You can't help but wonder where the money goes. It certainly isn't going to the reservation.
45
posted on
09/30/2003 4:53:50 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(..........................all my pings are belong to ......YOU.....................)
To: ambrose
Gosh. Maybe this election on October 7 will be a referendum on the leadership and campaigning skills of TheBentOne.
46
posted on
09/30/2003 4:54:44 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
To: EggsAckley; My2Cents; BunnySlippers
I'm not so sure this is something to be happy about... I smell the Clintons behind this.
If Cruz drops out, support for the recall drops 10 points, Davis could stay in office just as the Clintons have been pushing for. Per the article, Cruz is being shunned by the Dem high-rollers....per Fox News this afternoon, Cruz canceled all his public engagements today.
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:54:49 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
("Big government sounds too much like sluggish socialism."......Arnold Schwarzenegger)
To: EggsAckley; snarkpup; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
However, if Davis made Cruz an offer he couldn't refuse . . . .
;-)
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:55:33 PM PDT
by
dighton
(NLC™)
To: EggsAckley
Yep. That's why they're fighting so hard to keep an honest broker from looking at the books...
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:55:54 PM PDT
by
eureka!
(Rats and Presstitutes lie--they have to in order to survive.....)
To: CheneyChick
I wonder why they endorse Schwarzenegger considering his support for 187?
Could it be that MOST latinos favor a limit to illegal immigration?
Two-thirds of likely Latino voters in California support the decision of Gov. Davis to veto a bill allowing illegal migrants to get driver's licenses. This is even higher than the 63% support found among likely voters nationwide.
Los Angeles Times, October 2002
30% of Hispanics in California would like to shut down all immigration for awhile.
Zogby Poll, March 2002
Hispanics are evenly divided about an amnesty for illegal aliens from Mexico, with half opposing it.
Zogby Poll, September 2001
43% of Hispanics believe the U.S. government doesn't do enough to stop illegal migrants from entering the country.
International Communications Research Poll, May, 2000
75% of California Latinos think illegal migration from Mexico to California is a problem.
Public Policy Institute of California, January 1999
Princeton Survey Research poll for Knight Ridder Poll, May 1997
http://www.numbersusa.com/interests/publicop.html#hispanics
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:57:15 PM PDT
by
Weimdog
To: ambrose
I see from the news this evening the Krintons have dispatched their butt-boy Terry McAwful to CA to try and help GD pull out a miracle. I suspect that before he took off for the left coast, Terry took quite a tongue lashing from her Royal Heinous who knows that if the Republicans take CA, her future is down the tubes. Old Terry looked like he had just come face-to-face with the Devil....then again, I suppose he did.
To: Cousin Eddie
Any thoughts, you asked.
Yep.
Each voter who shows up next week gets to make TWO votes: first on whether or not to recall Davis, and second on who should replace him. The two votes are made at the same time without anybody knowing whether or not the second vote will ever be counted. It won't if the recall fails.
That's why this story doesn't make sense if its point is that Bustamente being in increases the chances of a recall.
However, Davis might be afraid that a bunch of democrats want him out and that Bustamente quitting will keep them home. That's dumb too.
Besides how can a candidate withdraw at this late date? He's still going to be on the ballot, so all a withdrawal would amount to is him encouraging his supporters to vote for another candidate? Who? Camajo? Arianna?
Bottom line: this is just plain funny....
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:58:08 PM PDT
by
Bobsat
To: Dog Gone
LOL!!! I agree!
To: EggsAckley
Cruz hasn't been seen on the campaign trail for 3 days and at a rally last night, Davis refused to endorse him.
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:58:46 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Ask the Indian$)
To: All
Wouldn't it be hilarious if Bustamante withdrew under pressure, Davis is recalled anyway, and Bustamante loses by 1% of the vote... making it clear he would have won if he had stayed in?
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posted on
09/30/2003 4:58:50 PM PDT
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
So kewl!
Imagine this...a democrat going postal!
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posted on
09/30/2003 5:00:02 PM PDT
by
==Oink==
To: ambrose
Fox says the Davis camp has been urging Democratic donors not to give to the Bustamante campaign. Geez, it's so damned pathetic to watch a whimpering RAT like Davis circle the drain.
But fun.
Now, if CA could only flush the rest of the vermin of the RAT party down the drain, the state might have a chance to turn back to it's once beautiful self again.
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posted on
09/30/2003 5:00:14 PM PDT
by
kstewskis
(147 more days until Lent and "The Passion" is released...and no I am NOT giving Mel up for Lent!)
To: Weimdog
Good question. ;)
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posted on
09/30/2003 5:01:14 PM PDT
by
CheneyChick
(www.JoinArnold.com - "Let's Bring Kah-lee-fohr-nya Back")
To: ambrose
And don't forget how many absentee ballots might have been already sent with Cruz punched. If he drops out, all those votes will go with him.
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posted on
09/30/2003 5:02:55 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
(..........................all my pings are belong to ......YOU.....................)
To: eureka!
Well, you never know... but it seems unlikely that he would withdraw. The Indians have invested heavily in his campaign while all other donors have shunned him. Why would he turn his back on the one interest group which has supported his pathetic campaign?
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posted on
09/30/2003 5:03:47 PM PDT
by
ambrose
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