[Canticle_of_Deborah]

What the article neglects to mention is that Simon lead Riordan among women voters by 10 pts. It also neglects to mention that Simon leads against Davis among women voters also. So much for the 'women as baby killers' argument.

If Mr. South thinks he can rewrite the history of the past four years, he is mistaken. They can spend all the money they want, but it is etched in voters' brains and in our everyday lives.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[connectthedots]

"It's the economy, stupid" has a familiar ring to it.

[stimulate]

Sal Russo,campaign manager for Simon, is right: abortion is not the issue,although Gary South,campaign manager, is trying to make it one, because that's all Davis has to show for himself, which is to make negative accusations against Simon. If he can spook the voters to believe that Simon,if elected govenor,will prohibit abortion, he can win re-election. Reardon lost the election because he let himself get sucked in to the Davis team.Reardon let them define him. It sounds like Gary South is really scared,otherwise he wouldn't be trying to spook the Simon campaign and hope that they will accept his phony advice.

[AmericaUnited]

He also noted that Mr. Davis enjoys the historic advantage of incumbency: "We haven't had a governor of either party defeated for reelection since 1942."

That's what is going to make Davis's defeat so sweat.

[Gophack]

If it's economy v. abortion, Simon wins.

[Free the USA]

bttt

[chimera]

Clear-thinking and knowledgeable voters will know that the "Simon will outlaw abortion" argument is a bogeyman. As long as Roe v. Wade stands, there is little a state governor can do on this issue other than take a moral position, and perhaps tinker around the edges a bit (e.g., educational policy, state funding on counseling, health care, etc.). OTOH, a state's governor is in a strong position to influence the economy of a state. If the race is defined as abortion vs. economy, its a no-brainer...for those who have brains.

Therein lies the rub. My fear is that the sucker moms and other gullible sheeple will be carried away by the emotion of the argument. The media, especially in CA, will eat this one up. There's nothing in the world they'd like more than to see a conservative, pro-life candidate defeated. My guess is that Davis will play this issue to the exclusion of all others, because he has nothing of substance to offer. And if the energy issue is raised, he'll blame it all on Bush, Cheney, and Enron. If emotion carries the day, Simon and the GOP will get creamed (again).

[detsaoT]

"Funding of medical abortions is guaranteed under the California Constitution."

I have searched the California Constitution on various keywords, as well as manually perusing the provisions within, and I am unable to find a single phrase that supports this argument. Does anyone know what the hell this guy is talking about?

(If this is true, it's yet another reason why I will never recommend that any Conservative move there; if false, then it's not like I really needed another reason, but it certainly would seem to indicate a vast misunderstanding by the population of California with respect to the contents of their Constitution...)

:) ttt

[Hildy]

I don't understand this. Just tell the DEMS to name one thing Davis did to protect a woman's choice. The answer is 0 because a Governor has nothing to do with it. Period. Yikes.

[GrandMoM]

....here is something old Gray (Dump Davis) did for our state!