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Posted on 07/10/2003 2:59:59 AM PDT by Elle Bee
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A recall election for California's governor now seems a sure thing.
Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:01 a.m.
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Both political parties dislike the recall of Gov. Gray Davis that is now heading for the California ballot; Democrats and Republicans alike prefer stability to uncertainty. The White House is cool to the idea because it would prefer a crippled Democrat in the governor's mansion as President Bush seeks to win the state in the 2004 election. The Business Roundtable and Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce favor the devil they know and oppose the recall. The only supporters appear to be the people: 51% of people surveyed in last week's Los Angeles Times poll backed a recall, including a majority of Hispanics and a third of Democrats.
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Of course, I want the Republicans to win, but the above might not be too bad of an outcome. Davis gets fired for being a schmuck, and then we can spend the next year and a half tying Bustamante to Davis. The guy is Lt. Gov, it's not like he can totally wash his hands of the Davis administration. That way, the White House gets most of what it wants, too.
I also don't think Arnold holds a candle to The Ronster
Arnold is hardly a Conservative on most issue
If he wins as a GOPer we will all be painted with his brush
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This cannot happen now. It's too late. A month or two ago, Davis could have resigned and have Bustamante succeed him for the rest of his term. But the deadline for that action has passed, according to state law. At this point, Bustamante could only act as governor until the recall election. Of course, Bustamante could enter the race, but he probably won't because that would be unloyal.
East Coast conservative columnists, from George Will to William Safire and Jonah Goldberg, have panned the recall effort as an illegitimate effort to overturn the results of an election that gave Mr. Davis a second term only eight months ago.
The effort is not legitimate. It is allowed for in the state law. I enough people object to the state law, then it ought to be rescinded or amended in a way to make the recall harder to accomplish (more signatures needed, e.g.)
If this is true, it's just another example of left-wing thinking from Bush & Co. The Democrats are the ones who usually hope for bad things to happen while their opposition is in office. Californaia needs to be saved from The Gray Menace, and the sooner it happens the better it will be for all of us.
ML/NJ
State law did not really stop the democrats in NJ when they replaced Torricelli.
You'd think they would get tired of using this overused rant.
How true. But according to some Freepers with legal knowledge, this CA law is less ambiguous than the NJ one pertaining to the Torricelli case.
Had not seen this before!
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What should he do for California, other than get some serious hall monitors at the border? Were I the President, I'd not do much for a state that will never support me, and is a financial black hole for tax dollars.
Screw us - we deserve it, as a state.
One can only imagine the support for the recall if polls are take out of LA, San Jose, Gay Frisco and state worker's capitol/Sacramento!
If the recall effort has 51% of the vote in the LA area, Davis is burnt toast when the rest of the state votes.
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