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August 09, 2003
CA Recall | Slightly Off-Topic, But Here's The First Calif. Recall Poll ...

... and Arnold has the lead. Poll conducted by CNN/Time; story by SF Gate:

Gov. Gray Davis would lose his job in the Oct. 7 recall election, a poll found Saturday, while actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is the strongest candidate to replace him.

The Time/CNN poll, released on the last day for candidates to file to run in the election, found 54 percent of voters would recall the Democratic governor and 35 percent would keep him in office. Eleven percent were not sure.

Of eight potential replacement candidates, Schwarzenegger, a Republican, got support from 25 percent of respondents. Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante got 15 percent.

The rest of the potential candidates were in single digits: 9 percent for state Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks; 7 percent for GOP businessman Bill Simon, who lost to Davis in November; 4 percent for former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth; 4 percent for columnist Arianna Huffington; and 4 percent for Hustler publisher Larry Flynt.



Posted by Alan at August 9, 2003 10:21 PM | TrackBack
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When Simon ran against Davis last time out, the dems were very successful in their campaign to paint him right into the Boschlike mural that included Enron and every other scandalized corporate entity that was in or on the cusp of the headlines around that time.
In light of subsequent revelations about Gray Davis, that’s pretty damned ironic.
Now they’re going after Arnold, but they’ll find him a much more difficult target.
There are no adverse commercial or political track records for them to pursue. The only political agenda Schwartzenegger ever pursued was successful, and he’s a straightforward businessman without complex corporate connections. He’s also a hero to children and ruggedly entertaining to their parents.
They can’t say he’s any less qualified than anyone running against him. He has the right academic credentials for addressing economic problems.
And he’s the most likely Republican rallying point to generate the highest amount of votes.
Arnold in October!

Posted by: Seth at August 10, 2003 01:10 AM

Do the pundits who are actively pooh-poohing Arnold’s credentials have anything to say about senators whose only qualification for the job is wife of the President? Has Hillary ever run anything but her mouth in 50 years?

And nothing about the “other” actor who ran rather successfully for governor (then President)?

Remember fans, the Founding Fathers WANTED an amateur legislature. It was supposed to be a temporary gig, not a lifetime hook - no professionals. The idea was you’d have to go back to REAL LIFE and live with the mess you created. Today’s professional fully expects to live on the dole their entire life and have someone else live in the mess they created (no SS for Congressmen, they’re ABOVE that). What a great deal for the politboro.

“The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates.” - Tacitus

Posted by: torpedo_eight at August 10, 2003 10:53 AM

Speaking of Enron (see above comment regarding the way Democrats smeared Simon only last year) that company’s transgressions were creative maneuvers intended to disguise debt as something different.

Compare this to the $10.7Bn “structured so as not to be a debt” bond issue, which is currently the only thing papering over Gray Davis’ stil-running-a-huge-deficit budget.

Posted by: JK at August 10, 2003 12:57 PM

Father Guido Sarducci is now in the race. If he doesn’t win, California will fall into the sea by God’s own hand.

Posted by: Spade at August 10, 2003 05:58 PM

I wonder if Jesse has some extra “My governor can kick your governor’s ass” T-shirts left over.

Posted by: whitecollar redneck at August 10, 2003 08:50 PM

No sense in wasting thread space. No sense in wasting head space. Did I say that already? Father has a prayer. He’s up against the likes of Larry. A shoe-in if we consider mobility as legitimate criteria when it comes to ‘makin’ it’ to the Poll - or ought that be written ‘hoofin’ it’? Bunch of Jackasses.

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Posted by: ali at November 15, 2003 08:29 AM

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