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Grex > Agora46 > #121: California's Governor Gray Davis facing recall election | |
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gelinas
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response 255 of 264:
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Sep 23 15:52 UTC 2003 |
(After this . . . experience . . . I expect voters to be much more reluctant
to sign recall petitions. I also expect the legislature to modify the
enabling legislation, *especially* if a Republican ends up in the Governor's
mansion: The folks in control won't want the same tool used against them.)
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albaugh
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response 256 of 264:
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Sep 23 16:17 UTC 2003 |
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:02:04 -0400
From: CNN Breaking News <BreakingNews@MAIL.CNN.COM>
Subject: CNN Breaking News
-- Federal appeals court rules that California recall election will proceed
as scheduled on October 7.
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scg
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response 257 of 264:
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Sep 23 20:29 UTC 2003 |
Given the support shown in polls for the recall, it doesn't seem to me that
the recall's existence shows that the number of valid petition signatures
required was too low. Petition requrements are to keep things off the ballot
that don't have a chance of passing. This clearly wasn't that.
The replacement procedure is, however, a mess.
Incidentally Darrel Issa (the guy who funded the recall petition drive with
the intention of running for Governor, but then dropped out of the replacement
race) gave a speech yesterday urging people to vote against the recall.
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drew
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response 258 of 264:
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Sep 23 21:06 UTC 2003 |
18% of California's population sounds like a lot of people to get signatures
from. Was this the requirement, or was it something less?
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mcnally
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response 259 of 264:
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Sep 23 21:08 UTC 2003 |
> Incidentally Darrel Issa (the guy who funded the recall petition drive with
> the intention of running for Governor, but then dropped out of the
replacement > race) gave a speech yesterday urging people to vote against the
recall.
Heh.. You've gotta love it when something like this blows up in the
instigator's face. It gives hope that there's still room for the
public will to overcome the tremendous political influence of private money.
It seems patently clear that when Issa began this process he thought he
had a pretty reasonable chance of buying himself the governorship.
Unfortunately for him his money didn't buy him as much control over the
proces as he must have imagined it would.
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happyboy
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response 260 of 264:
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Sep 23 22:53 UTC 2003 |
HA HA!
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klg
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response 261 of 264:
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Sep 24 01:03 UTC 2003 |
re: "#257 (scg): . . . Incidentally Darrel Issa . . . gave a speech
yesterday urging people to vote against the recall."
According to report we heard, Mr. scg, this is a gross
mischaracterization. Mr. Issa, we believe, stated that were the two
primary Republican candidates remain in the race and split the vote, it
would likely result in the recall succeeding, but election of Senor
Bustamente as governor. For whatever his reasons, Issa prefers Davis to
Bustamente (but certainly not to a Republican).
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scg
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response 262 of 264:
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Sep 24 06:27 UTC 2003 |
Yes, and for that reason he urged a no vote on the recall.
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gull
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response 263 of 264:
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Sep 24 14:31 UTC 2003 |
I think Issa has been deeply disappointed with the whole thing. He
clearly thought that he would be the natural choice for governor if the
recall succeeded. Since it became clear this won't be a way for him to
buy his way into becoming governor, he's been having second thoughts.
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klg
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response 264 of 264:
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Sep 24 14:44 UTC 2003 |
No. This is incorrect. He is suggesting that either Ah-nold or Mr.
McClintock bow out in order to elect a Republican. In the event that
neither does so, he, apparently, prefers Mr. Davis over Senor
Bustamente.
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