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Poll Places Bustamante In Lead to Succeed Davis

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Posted by .com 2003-08-16 1:24:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 California could use a strong dose of Juche.

Posted by Shipman 2003-8-16 9:02:48 AM|| 2003-8-16 9:02:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Whaddaya mean, "could"?

Posted by El Id 2003-8-16 9:48:52 AM|| 2003-8-16 9:48:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Cruz is a lackluster party hack, benefitting from union-directed publicity. Simon and McClintock need to suck it up and drop out, otherwise they could do a "Nader" to the Reps, handing the office to cruz by splitting the vote. Neither of them has a chance to win. Some of my fellow Reps would rather have "ideological purity" than win

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-16 10:05:02 AM|| 2003-8-16 10:05:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Some of my fellow Reps would rather have "ideological purity" than win

That right there should be chiseled on the California GOP's tombstone. In fact, it has been, for the last umpty-some years.

I think McClintock is the best potential governor. He also has no prayer. He needs to throw the support to Arnold and get out of the way. Simon lost for good reasons already... he is an awful campaigner.

I hear the conservative faithful crying about Arnold's opinions on abortion, gun control, etc., which are not only not gubernatorial issues, but also done deals in CA. If they split this vote, they will take their ideological purity to their inconsequential graves.

Some Republicans cannot seem to do math, or geography (this isn't Idaho). Handing the office back to Davis or Bustamante for any reason is a betrayal of the resistance.

Posted by Mark IV 2003-8-16 11:17:15 AM|| 2003-8-16 11:17:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Field poll almost always downplays the "Right Wing" position on most items. The Field poll continued inability to accurately predict the results should make it clear that its more often used as a propaganda device for the left.

Also note that the media is playing this as "Bustamante Wins in Poll" when the poll shows that the two candidates are both within the margin of error, and that a full 42% are still undecided.

Journalism, Where is thy sting?

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-8-16 3:31:02 PM|| 2003-8-16 3:31:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 These are great comments, folks, but of course you already knew that. ;-) But for someone who's been out of the loop, like me, they are very helpful to get a handle on this thing. If CA pulls its nuts out of the fire and removes some of the insanity, I might come back. I DO miss San Diego / Del Mar - food, climate, people, beach bunnies - but I don't miss the insane taxes and dumbfounding level of over-regulation and bureaucracy. THANX!!! Please, more!

Posted by .com 2003-8-16 5:28:00 PM|| 2003-8-16 5:28:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 If you want to stay on top of the recall spectacle in the golden state, I highly recommend California Insider - the Sacramento Bee blog by Daniel Weintraub. He's really informed and unbiased.

Posted by Frank G 2003-8-16 8:01:45 PM|| 2003-8-16 8:01:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 People, people! Out of FIVE polls Cruz has a SLIM lead (out of 488 polled). The rest of the polls have Arnold anywhere from 10 to 25 points in the lead. Cruz is/was little more than a lap dog for Davis and the next Proposition we have out here will be to ELIMINATE his job. Like I predicted the Dems are trying to stop the recall throught the courts. A judge declared that minorities CANNOT vote asentee and must have a polling place open. Since all the polling places were not going to be open, the counties were sending out absentee ballots to those that wanted them. I live in one of those counties and I HAVE VOTED ABSENTEE FOR EIGHT YEARS. Save time and hassles.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-8-16 11:38:19 PM|| 2003-8-16 11:38:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I think a loss for the Republican Party would not necessarily be a bad thing. Davis gets to dig the Democratic Party a bigger hole for 2006, after which the California electorate could decide to throw the Dems out for a generation.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-17 12:03:53 AM|| 2003-8-17 12:03:53 AM|| Front Page Top

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