http://www.grooveshow.com/recallorama/ Tracking the Governor's Recall Race en-us Copyright 2003 October 10, 2003 http://www.nandotimes.com/static/nt/images/2003/october/recallmap2.html Map showing results on Recall Question by County. http://www.nandotimes.com/static/nt/images/2003/october/recallmap.html Map showing statewide county results for selecting a replacement for recalled Governor. http://www.msnbc.com/news/975591.asp Arnold Schwarzenegger is known in Hollywood for having total control over any set he works on. But at the Thursday premiere of his flashy bus tour, the “California Comeback Express,” unruly extras threatened to upset the plot line of his campaign finale. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/14036EDE-F3AB-458E-B9BB-E654D08C3244.htm Movie star-turned-wanna-be-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger apologised for behaving inappropriately toward women in the past. However the apology cut no ice with many women's groups who would like to see the Hollywood star quit from the race to become California's governor. The Republican action hero's apology came after allegations emerged that he groped and harassed colleagues and made crude sexual comments. The claims appeared on the front page of The Los Angeles Times. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/03/ip.pol.opinion.women/ Who will decide California? The one constituency that's already demonstrated its clout -- women. If you read the Los Angeles Times, you have seen a disturbing account of alleged unwanted sexual advances by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the front-runner in the recall campaign for governor. How did Schwarzenegger become the front-runner? Because of women. According to polls, men have always favored getting rid of Gov. Gray Davis. But a month ago, women opposed recalling the governor. That made the outcome of the recall vote too close to call. As of early this week, however, women had turned against Davis. His recall was beginning to look like a done deal. Who did women favor to replace Davis? http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/7537407p-8449586c.html At the end of the ballot is a space for write-ins, a place for our silent scream of protest. A suggestion for those of you of like mind: Choose from our nation's gloried past the person -- a Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr., Reagan, JFK, anyone will do -- who best personifies the performance we lack but now sorely need. Then write in the name and send it off with the silent command -- "Here, this is what leadership looks like and what we expect from you." I've always been partial to Eisenhower. Who's your choice? http://www.itworld.com/Career/1916/031003cioca/ Imagine a typical day in the life of California Chief Information officer (CIO) J. Clark Kelso. The state department of IT that Governor Gray Davis picked him to clean up? Disbanded. The state's budget? A US$100 billion mess, balanced through billions in borrowing, slashed spending and new fees. And his job security? As far as Kelso knows, Arnold Schwarzenegger soon could be his new boss, thanks to a free-for-all gubernatorial recall vote set for Oct. 7. And that's if the new governor keeps him on. http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=1468194 Governor Davis, who is fighting for his job against Schwarzenegger, calls the reported Hitler remark "particularly offensive." Davis tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that any decent American should be offended. Feinstein calls the reported comment "appalling." She also tells NBC's "Today" show that personal behavior does affect people in public office. Feinstein has been an opponent of the recall drive. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/special_packages/davis_recall/6923867.htm Cruz Bustamante knows hard work. At least, that's the way he tells it. No one can dispute that the lieutenant governor who is the only major Democratic replacement candidate in the Oct. 7 election has a remarkable story. If voters recall the incumbent, then the unassuming grandson of Mexican immigrants who grew up toiling in the fields of the Central Valley could become California's first Latino governor in over a century. "He kind of affirms the American way and the great opportunity this society affords," said Carole Migden, chairwoman of the state Board of Equalization. http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=15748 While we know a great deal about Sen. McClintock's political positions, we don't know much about John Stoos, and what his vision is for California. Stoos is not your ordinary right-wing ideologue: He is a politically savvy campaign strategist who has worked the California political landscape for more than 20 years. He was a former vice-president of the right-wing California Republican Assembly and helped engineer the takeover of California's Republican Party by Christian fundamentalists. Stoos has been a key player in the recall movement, coordinating the DavisRecall.com campaign. According to The Hill, "the Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress," Stoos was active with People's Advocate, "the group that launched the recall effort earlier this year." Stoos has a close, long-term association with Chalcedon, a Vallecito, Ca.-based Christian Reconstructionist organization. He is a regular contributor to its flagship publication, the Chalcedon Report, "the extended voice of the most important Christian theocratic theologian of the twentieth century, the late R. J. Rushdoony," said Frederick Clarkson, author of the highly acclaimed book "Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy And Democracy" (Common Courage Press, 1997). http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/6923052.htm As Arnold Schwarzenegger began his high-profile bus tour Thursday, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante stumped at lower-key events designed to highlight his support for overturning recent community college cuts and investing in the state's future. Noting that 123,000 fewer students will attend community colleges this year because of recent fee hikes, Bustamante said, "That's outrageous. It's short-sighted. It lacks vision." http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/6925237.htm Among the actors listed are Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Glover, Barbra Streisand, Larry David, Cybill Shepherd, James Cromwell, Stacy Keach, Rob Reiner and Pierce Brosnan, who appeared with Davis at a bill-signing ceremony on Thursday. Another name on the list: Arianna Huffington, the TV commentator and columnist who recently abandoned her independent candidacy in the election. http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=110-10032003 The Kennedy for Governor Campaign learned from the Secretary of State's Notary Division that both Gray Davis and Cruz Bustamante do not possess Official Bonds of Office. The implications of this may be staggering. Edward Kennedy said again today "For 33 days, now I am told by the concentrated media that I am a clown in a circus but it seems to me that the professional politicians may be the clowns for failing to obey basic rules of their jobs." Kennedy continued, "I could be wrong, but it seems to us that I deserve a response from both the current Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Based on the Constitution and the California Government Code no Official Bond of Office means that their Offices are vacant. Vacant Office of Governor means simply that both Davis and Bustamante never were in office. Therefore, for example, we are debt free because the Governor and other California Officers are not authorized to incur debt on behalf of the people of California." http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/recall/20031003-9999_1n3recall.html In a stunning admission designed to douse a fast-moving political firestorm, Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his statewide tour of California yesterday with an apology in San Diego for having "behaved badly sometimes" toward women. Schwarzenegger's mea culpa, delivered at the San Diego Convention Center to hundreds of supporters and journalists from around the world, came on the heels of a Los Angeles Times story that reported allegations by six women who said the Austrian-born actor had groped them. The unwanted advances occurred at various times over three decades, the newspaper reported. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-arnoldapology1002,0,1230580.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines Arnold Schwarzenegger, after allegations of groping and harassment, apologized Thursday for some past behavior. The text of his apology: I know that the people of California can see through this trash politics. Let me tell you something, let me tell you something. A lot of those that you see in the stories is not true, but at the same time, I have to tell you that I always say, that wherever there is smoke, there is fire. That is true. http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/ 10/3/2003 #2095: Davis's recall supported by big margin. Schwarzenegger well ahead of Bustamante in replacement election. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/03/national/03BOOK.html?pagewanted=1%26hp A film producer who chronicled Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise to fame as a champion bodybuilder in the 1970's circulated a book proposal six years ago that quoted the young Mr. Schwarzenegger expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler. The book proposal by the producer, George Butler, included what were presented as verbatim excerpts from interviews with Mr. Schwarzenegger in the filming of the documentary "Pumping Iron." In a part of the interview not used in the film, Mr. Schwarzenegger was asked to name his heroes — "who do you admire most." http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/recall/la-me-women2oct02,1,2313555.story Six women who came into contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in studio offices and in other settings over the last three decades say he touched them in a sexual manner without their consent. In interviews with The Times, three of the women described their surprise and discomfort when Schwarzenegger grabbed their breasts. A fourth said he reached under her skirt and gripped her buttocks. A fifth woman said Schwarzenegger groped her and tried to remove her bathing suit in a hotel elevator. A sixth said Schwarzenegger pulled her onto his lap and asked whether a certain sexual act had ever been performed on her. http://www.californianonline.com/news/stories/20031001/localnews/366776.html Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday signed a workers' compensation reform package he pledged will reduce high premiums for businesses -- a key issue in the recall campaign. Exactly one week before the historic election that could cost him his job, the Democratic governor signed the legislation at a ceremony at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce surrounded by Democratic lawmakers. The legislation seeks to reduce costs by, among other things, establishing fee schedules for outpatient surgical centers, capping visits to chiropractors and repealing a vocational rehabilitation program for injured workers. http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/7526472p-8439898c.html He'll be back -- this time by bus. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, running to replace Gov. Davis in next week's historic recall election, is embarking Thursday on a bus tour that will reach Fresno late Friday. Schwarzenegger, the leading Republican candidate, will hold a rally Saturday morning in Fresno before heading to Modesto in the afternoon. A detailed itinerary had not been finalized Tuesday. http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7516190p-8458097c.html As state Sen. Tom McClintock collected an endorsement from a well-known conservative leader in California on Tuesday, he distanced himself from a longtime aide after a report raised questions about the aide's religious writings. McClintock, a GOP gubernatorial hopeful, said the role of deputy campaign manager John Stoos for the remaining days of the recall race was "under discussion." http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=11240 "Every poll shows that if Arianna dropped out, the Green Party would go up. The Green vote could turn out to be the most meaningful in the election by taking votes away from other replacement candidates." Camejo says he's disappointed that GOP leaders are clambering to board the Schwarzenegger bandwagon and neglecting abortion, gay rights and gun control issues.  "The Arnold scam is succeeding ... he hides his politics, but it looks like he's going to win. Nobody knows what Swartzenegger's platform is ... he'll face a hostile Democrat-controlled Legislature ... so it won't be made easy for him." http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7516191p-8458094c.html Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante made a quick swing Tuesday through the Grand Central Market downtown to claim he was in a "dead heat" with Republican front-runner Arnold Schwarzenegger. With the election just a week away, Bustamante said he wouldn't drop out of the gubernatorial race and insisted his campaign was still advancing. "This campaign is live," he said. "It is absolutely live." http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7516170p-8458090c.html Setting the stage for a post-election legal challenge to the recall vote, Democrats are set to launch a national fund-raising campaign today to help pay for any legal action needed if Tuesday's election on Gov. Gray Davis' future is close. Seeking to avoid what they called "another Florida-style fiasco," the state party and a national Democratic group called Democrats for America's Future said they hope to raise $100,000 to place poll watchers around the state Tuesday and to help with post-election legal challenges that may come up. http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/recall/story/7516192p-8458098c.html Here's how Ned Roscoe has been campaigning for governor in Tuesday's recall election: The Libertarian Party candidate travels to one of the 138 discount cigarette stores his family owns in California. Roscoe approaches customers, but he doesn't ask right away for their votes. That, he says, would be as rude as propositioning them. Instead, he asks if they feel they are taxed enough. Do they think there are enough laws on the books? Do they think California should do more to compete with neighboring states for business? When they answer yes to all the questions, he springs it on them: He's their man. "If I just had that conversation 10 million times, I'd be your next governor," he said.