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To: KLP who wrote (10931)	10/6/2003 5:52:57 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793739

California Insider A Weblog by Sacramento Bee Columnist Daniel Weintraub October 05, 2003 But will they vote this time? This Mercury News story bayarea.com about the Knight-Ridder poll has some good insights about how this electorate might differ from any in the recent past, namely that Schwarzenegger is getting his margin from voters who have rarely gone to the polls. Key graphs: Those voters, who are either newly registered or have voted in less than half of the previous six elections, tipped the Mercury News poll in favor of both yes on the recall and Schwarzenegger as the replacement. Such new or infrequent voters probably view the allegations against Schwarzenegger as just another distasteful helping of traditional politics, Elway said sacbee.com

To: KLP who wrote (10931)	10/6/2003 9:48:07 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793739

Karen, my guess is neither of us knows squat about the Wilson stuff beyond what we read in the papers. But, at least at the moment, it looks to me as if her maiden name was no secret, that she married Joe Wilson was no secret. The secret was that rather than working for some "energy company" she worked for the CIA. And once that fact came out, the cover provided by the "energy company" label also went away, not only for her but for all the CIA employees who used it. Not a small thing. I continue to be impressed with the damage the Reps are doing to themselves on two issues which have been central to their political claims--the character issue which Arnold undermines and the national security issue which outing a CIA agent for revenge undermines. I don't know whether these issues have serious political legs or not. None of us will be able to tell for a while. But it is certainly ironic and, possibly, has serious long term consequences for them.