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Politics : IMPEACH GRAY DAVIS! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (414)	6/27/2003 1:25:39 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1641

Wrong. But that's OK. Your hero will be gone soon enough.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (414)	7/15/2003 3:45:55 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 1641

This is why: The only supporters appear to be the people: 51% of people surveyed in last week's Los Angeles Times poll backed a recall, including a majority of Hispanics and a third of Democrats. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . His gross mismanagement of the state's 2001 energy crisis and this year's $38 billion state deficit has sent his approval rating crashing to 22% in the latest Times poll. Over two-thirds of union members disapprove of his performance. Pollsters note he is the first politician in anyone's memory to have less than 50% support in all demographic groups. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- But recall organizers say their effort should be viewed as an act of political hygiene. And by 60% to 32%, Californians in the Los Angeles Times poll agreed that a recall effort to remove a bad governor was legitimate. They view a recall as akin to firing someone who's been hired for a job on a four-year contract but refuses to work. A Democratic former legislator who opposes the recall says it's understandable how it came about. "Any normal political party would have sent its leaders in to Gray Davis after the energy fiasco and either told him to go or that he faced a serious primary opponent. Instead Davis intimidated everyone out of challenging him. ................................................................. As much as I think the recall delays solutions to our budget mess it's in part fed by frustrated voters dealing with a governor who didn't really deserve a second term." Message 19097698 .