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Simon Has Seven Point Lead Over Davis
NewsMax.com ^ | 3/18/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 03/18/2002 11:46:43 AM PST by kattracks

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To: kattracks
Davis sounds just like McInsane on the campaign trail. Do we have the old pictures of McInsane's head and neck veins expoding ? Time to resurrect them.
21 posted on 03/18/2002 12:39:05 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: Ol' Sparky
I guess you didn't see this
22 posted on 03/18/2002 12:41:17 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
bump so I can forward !! Great news!
23 posted on 03/18/2002 12:42:43 PM PST by madison46
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To: Callahan
"Prepare for the worst abortion and gun demagoguing in living memory. Thats all the Cali dems have left."

Yes, it looks like this is going to be an ugly campaign. But intuition tells me that somehow Simon is going to pull out a narrow victory over Davis. I know Davis is going to get stomped in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties and in the agricultural areas of the Central & Imperial vallies. It's a question of whether Davis can pull enough votes out of the Democratic urban areas of LA, San Francisco, and Oakland. Let's not get overconfident folks, this is going to be close. We're going to need a big Republican turnout and I think Simon will get it.

The Davis Administration has done a terrible job at managing the electric power issue and Simon will be able to pound on this issue with a strong reaction from the voters. Believe me, it wasn't anything Davis did that kept the lights on here in 2002. It was the realization by Calif. residents that we were in a huge crisis that lead to major energy conservation by individuals and businesses. It's this reduction in demand, also spurred by higher electric rates, that saved this state from blackouts and possible bankruptcy. Everyone here knows the truth: Davis and his people got us into this mess and it was ordinary Californians who prevented disaster.

24 posted on 03/18/2002 12:49:28 PM PST by defenderSD
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To: Ol' Sparky
Yeah, there is no way Simon can win....What excuse do the spineless Republicans like those that run the Bush administration have now for supporting Riordan?

I'm wondering if Bush's folks were engaging in a double-blind strategery, knowing that Davis would try to influence the primary.

If the campaign turns on the real issues here in California, Davis will lose in a landslide.

But I'm not terribly optimistic that Davis will allow it to be issues-based, because he KNOWS he's a worthless twit.

25 posted on 03/18/2002 12:55:21 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: kattracks
"P.O.S." is hardly a household name in California polling, and therefore their results are difficult to interpret. The Field Poll has long been the most reliable here, I think.

Of course, whatever the current polling numbers suggest, the fact is that it's seven-and-one-half months until the election, and Grayout Davis is sitting on something like $50 million--and if that runs short, there are any number of special interests (unions, Hollywood, etc.) who would be thrilled to give him as much more as he thinks he needs.

26 posted on 03/18/2002 12:57:51 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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To: kattracks
Do you understand that? I kept the lights on.

Calm Down Mr Governor. Here's your meds. Be a good boy and we'll loosen your straight jacket.

27 posted on 03/18/2002 1:01:21 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Gray's problem is that no amount of money can change his record.
28 posted on 03/18/2002 1:04:42 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: kattracks
This is just hillarious! The lefties were worried about Riordan. Even still, they think Simon does not have a chance in hell because he is conservative. I am so looking forward to the election. When Simon is elected you will hear the giant sucking sound of all those liberal a$$holes doing the great pucker.
29 posted on 03/18/2002 1:25:09 PM PST by Prodigal Son
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To: Toddsterpatriot, kattracks
Did you see this davis quote:

This is like a war. This is worse than being in Vietnam. This is a full-out war against me.

Q&A: Governor of California Gray Davis

30 posted on 03/18/2002 1:32:45 PM PST by quimby
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To: goldenstategirl
True, and many will hold it against him--and Simon must attack it hard to win. But, as has been well-chronicled here, it is not his record on which he will attempt to run--rather, he will attack Simon's positions.
31 posted on 03/18/2002 1:49:47 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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To: kattracks
If I am not mistaken, Davis is admitting that he paniced.

That quote will come in handy later, I am sure.

32 posted on 03/18/2002 2:06:12 PM PST by Dales
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To: all
watch it, Davis might get violent...


33 posted on 03/18/2002 2:07:36 PM PST by TheAngryClam
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To: TheAngryClam
I always get nervous when I see liberals with guns.
34 posted on 03/18/2002 2:16:04 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: kattracks
Great news--

Now if we can just get the same seven-point news for Talent over Carnahan (MO), Alexander in TN, Bush over Reno (FL) to name a few...

35 posted on 03/18/2002 2:18:05 PM PST by MHT
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To: quimby
This is like a war. This is worse than being in Vietnam.

Obviously Gray-out spent his time in 'Nam fighting a rear guard from a bar stool in Saigon. Wonder if he was a member of that crack outfit Private Gore belonged to?

36 posted on 03/18/2002 2:21:32 PM PST by DaBroasta
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To: kattracks
Internal polls aren't terribly accurate (and this sounds like an internal Simon poll), but I do think they show a trend, and it appears there is a trend toward Simon.

I'm not surprised that Davis trails everywhere but in the SF Bay Area. The Bay Area (where I was born and raised) would vote for Joseph Stalin if he were pro-gay and pro-abortion.

37 posted on 03/18/2002 2:22:03 PM PST by My2Cents
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To: kattracks
SAN FRANCISCO SIMON 38% DAVIS 54%

Hmmmm . . . only 54% for Davis in SF. If this is an accurate poll (likely voters, etc.) that's really bad news for Davis. This early in the campaign his stronghold should be much higher. In the general election in 1998 Davis had 80% against Lungren in SF.

I hope it's a good poll.

38 posted on 03/18/2002 2:22:50 PM PST by choirboy
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To: kattracks
It's quite simple. Keep calling him Grey Out Davis. The one who caused the power crisis and then got Calif stuck with expensive long term electricity contracts. (A commodities trader Davis is not.)
39 posted on 03/18/2002 2:24:51 PM PST by Dialup Llama
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To: kattracks
According to Public Opinion Strategies Inc. (POS), a nationally recognized political polling firm retained by the Simon camp, Simon leads with 48 percent to Davis' 41 percent.

And according to a polling firm retained by Paul Rubens, Pee Wee Herman is the most popular children's character in the enitre world.

40 posted on 03/18/2002 2:26:46 PM PST by Vladiator
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