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To: KonKilo who wrote (5241)	8/17/2003 6:01:29 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793559

MATT WELCH BLOG: With Friends Like This...: A short while back, I interviewed a former California state senator, a moderate Democrat, who actually considers himself a personal friend of Gray Davis. Read this excerpt, and imagine how screwed you must be if this is what your allies think of you: Gray is a friend of mine, but Gray has really given a bad name to being moderate, because Gray really isn't a moderate. Gray is kind of a, you know, this kind of guy who polls for the answer. ... There's not much that Gray stands for -- and I like Gray personally -- but Gray doesn't stand for anything. That's his problem politically right now. You know, Gray stands for Gray. And so, as something moves forward, his calculus is not 'What do I feel in my gut or my heart?' His calculus is 'What sounds good? What polls good? I don't wanna make a mistake that could cost me politically.' But when you do that, you get just what he got. I mean, which is, in his effort to be risk-averse, you end up with the biggest risk, where ultimately nobody feels shit about you. I mean even the articles that try to say we don't like the recall, none of them have good things to say about Gray. ... To most people, he's like, 'Well, I stand for a progressive agenda.' Well, no you don't. I mean, progressive based on what? Yeah, I mean you've polled, and the death penalty is popular, so you're for the death penalty. You know, that ain't progressive. That means you didn't want to piss off the gun people, and you didn't want to piss off the gun control people, so you kinda sorta did a few bills and then you said 'OK guys don't send me any more.' I mean, what is it that you believe? mattwelch.com