California looking to give governor old heave-ho - before his term ends

[Nottingham]

California looking to give governor old heave-ho - before his term ends
Under a recall clause in the state constitution, Gov. Gray Davis can be ousted. He is blamed for a $38 billion deficit and a 2001 energy crisis.
By Dick Polman
Inquirer Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - People out here love to try new things. They put an actor on the road to the White House, launched Trader Joe's and the hula hoop, triggered a national tax-cut movement, and gave us the Grateful Dead.

And now they are at it again. They seem poised to treat their own governor like a defective factory product. They reelected Democrat Gray Davis to a second term in November, but now, with the help of a 92-year-old recall clause in the state constitution, they may soon decide to yank him by his perfectly sculpted hair and cast him from the governor's chair.

It's a bold idea. No state has ousted a leader in midstream since North Dakota in 1921; it is not legal in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or 30 other states - and it's popular here. California is wallowing in $38 billion of red ink - the biggest state deficit in the nation's history - and Davis cannot stanch the flow, in part because he is so disliked. A maestro of negative campaigning, he has attacked the Republicans so strongly in the past that they will not deal with him now. They financed the petition drive for the recall, but polls indicate that one-third of the state's Democrats want Davis gone.

Still, on the street, some Californians are fretting about their image. In the words of Carol Boissevain, who was hauling two heavy bags of fruit the other day: "Do people around the country think this makes us look nutty?"

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The Republicans really really want the governorship of California

Jeb Bush Florida Perry Texas and Now California they want the electoral votes and control of the elections in the states so they can steal the election

This is a Nightmare :bounce:

[DUreader]

1. Interesting thing I heard on the radio. Voter Approved Initiatives

The Cal. deficit is approximately equal to the money demanded

by voter approved initiatives.

Kind of funny in a way, if the polls are true and people blame

Davis for the deficit, because the voters are the ones who are

directly responsible for that deficit by approving these initiatives

[Nottingham]

2. Yep! Californians are gonna pay! Whether its a Republican or Democrat

just if its a Republican the poor will pay more than the rich!

:bounce:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. It's going to be about...

who is more energized on recall day (if it happens). I have yet to meet a single person who supports the measure, but have met many -- including Greens I know -- who are pissed off enough about this attempted coup that they will make a point to turn out to vote against any recall.

I don't think Issa knows what is going to hit him.

[mjb4]

4. How many News headlines ORIGINATED at RNC

I am sorry but the Press's desire to put forth the Rebublican agenda is the sign of a country far from its democratic roots. I think Al Gore said it, originateds at RNC and it pushed on the public. Eventually someone will do an analysis of it. And we will identify the presstitutes for what they are. I hear the Cali Vote EVERYDAY!

[realFedUp]

5. What's happening now is

people who either didn't realize what they were signing
or the significance of what they did are now writing letters to recant or recall their signatures. Each and every one of those
letters has to be checked and their signature taken off
the recall list.

It's going to take awhile and Issa said he wouldn't run
if the recall is on the March 2004 ballot...he has more to
lose than just this coup attempt.

[Tinoire]

6. And where are our SLUT Democratic Reps during all of this?

Why are they so silent in the face of this coup? Where's their sense of solidarnost with a fellow Democrat in need? Is it ok with them that that vile cabal will totally destroy California after getting Davis out of the way? Will they express shock when the CA vote suddenly SEEMS to have gone Republican in the next election because Davis, the thorn in their side, is finally out of the way?

Where are they? What are they even? Are they in on this or something? What's the DLC involvment?

If anyone has any information about anything the Democratic Party is doing to help Davis, I would greatly appreciate you posting it here. Thanks

On edit: Just found out Davis is DLC so what are the machinations here?

http://www.issues2000.org/Governor/Gray_Davis_Principles_+_Values.htm