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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: American Spirit who wrote (466097)9/28/2003 7:52:45 AM
From: Hope Praytochange  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
liberal washington post looking at this liberal demohack:

Democratic consultant Bill Carrick points to Davis's struggle to solidify the Latino vote as an example. A year ago, Davis vetoed a Democratic bill to allow illegal immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses. A few weeks ago, he signed a similar bill -- but one lacking some of the security safeguards included in the original measure. "For over a year, he was being beat up in Spanish-language media," Carrick said, "and now he's trying to repair the damage in a few weeks."

For the broad electorate, these factional and personal battles probably weigh less than Davis's role in the energy blackouts and electricity rate increases of 2001, and his responsibility for the gaping budget deficit the state has faced. Those issues dominate the reasons voters give in focus groups and polls for viewing him as a failed leader -- dropping his job approval rating to a low of 22 percent a few months ago.
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As for the fundraising, the stories are endless and well-publicized, including reports in California newspapers of Davis demanding $1 million from the teachers union president in a state Capitol conference on school legislation, of sneaking through the bushes to avoid being photographed at a donor's home, and of raising campaign money in New York on a visit billed as a pilgrimage to the site of the World Trade Center.

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