"Joe Parsons" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:28:55 GMT, "Jim -"
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"Joe Parsons" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 00:00:15 GMT, "Jim -"
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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

It's been said that California gets a lot more liberal legislature than they
vote for. As to a recall, I do not think the Democrat party is stupid
enough to try it, but sometimes they surprise me. 43% of the people voted
for Arnold. More votes than Grey got in the last election. People in this
state are really ****ed at the legislators at this time. Spend way more
than is coming in at the same time that revenues increased 24% and passing
bills to allow illegal's to get driver's licenses, etc. In the first 4
years of Davis's leadership, he grew state government employment 44,000.
Accepted donations from special interests and then did what they paid for.
Both corporations and unions. Prison guards donate a mill and half and get
a 30% raise on top of earlier raises while the state is laying off people
and cutting child and health services. The Dem leadership of the state
legislature has already stated that Arnold can suck eggs. May backfire
bigtime when it is time to have the next election.