OT congrats, Calif.
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:28:55 GMT, "Jim -" wrote:
"Joe Parsons" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:00:15 GMT, "Jim -" wrote:
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I just hate to see the partisanship coming into play now, with the dems promising
another recall election in 100 days.
"Coming into play NOW?"
Jeez--the whole THING was a display of partisanship--period.
Joe Parsons
Exactly how Joe?
Well, let's see...where to start?
How about the fact that Rep. Darrell Issa (R Vista) was writing checks and
gathering signatures for a recall even as Gray Davis was being sworn in for his
second term as Governor. And (imagine everyone's surprise) Rep. Issa intended
to run as a replacement candidate himself.
Now, there's no argument that Davis was an unpopular governor--when the SF
Chronicle endorsed him over his Republican Rival, Bill Simon, they said, "Hold
your nose and vote for Davis." But I don't think it takes any exceptional
discernment to see that the recall, initiated and funded by one politician who
did not like the outcome of the just-completed, lawful election, was a back-door
way to capture an office he would have no chance to win in a normal, 10 month
long campaign.
As it was, toward the end of this six-week campaign, Schwarzenegger's support
was waning from its peak, and I don't think it takes too much of an imagination
to guess that, given time and a "normal" campaign, his undeniable star power
would not be sufficient to carry him into the Governor's office.
I hope he does manage to keep his considerable energies to the daunting task
ahead of him. I suspect he's in for some eye-openers when he has to lock horns
with some of the farther right members of his party in the State Legislature.
I wish him all the best.
Joe Parsons
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