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California Special Election Watch: Another L.A. Times “Hit Piece” on Schwarzenegger’s Wife
California first lady Maria Shriver hands out emergency backpacks to students at a south Los Angeles elementary school to kick-off Team SAFE-T, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2006.
The Los Angeles Times has First Lady Appears to Be Sitting Out This Election.
- Kennedy legacy clashes with her loyalty to her spouse, keeping Shriver silent on ballot issues.
On a recent morning, Maria Shriver had a roomful of admiring listeners hanging on her every word. Unfortunately for her husband, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, none of them was old enough to vote.
Shriver was addressing a fourth-grade class at Charles W. Barrett Elementary School in South Los Angeles as part of a campaign to improve disaster preparedness among children. On another campaign important to the Shriver-Schwarzenegger household — the battle over state ballot initiatives backed by the governor — California’s first lady has remained virtually silent.
Here we go!
One week before the California Special Election and the hatchets come out for Governor Schwarzenegger’s wife.
Paul Pringle the reporter is a committed leftie with a left wing agenda. And he is happy to oblige the Moonbat editors of the Los Angeles TimesAsk Flap how he knows?
Aides to the couple say that isn’t expected to change before the Nov. 8 special election. They and others don’t blame Shriver for her silence, even if it has deprived Schwarzenegger of one of his most articulate and charismatic advocates.
After all, Shriver would be breaking family ranks no matter where she came down on the measures, Democratic and Republican activists say. As a Democrat and a Kennedy, they say, she would have to all but shape-shift to endorse proposals despised by the party that counts three of her uncles as icons.
And if she were to publicly criticize the initiatives, things presumably would get chilly on the home front.
And who from the Los Angeles Times ever asked Sharon Davis about why her husband bankrupted the state while he was California Governor?
This is disgraceful BIASED journalism from the Los Angeles Times.
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California Special Election Watch: Schwarzenegger in FULL Campaign Mode
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to the media while touring the Koreatown Galleria in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005. Elected two years ago to shake up a stagnated statehouse, the Republican governor is trying out various campaign messages in the closing days of a political campaign in which he hopes to push through a slate of ballot initiatives that would weaken public employee unions and clamp down on state spending.
The San Francisco Chronicle has Schwarzenegger trolls for votes at San Diego restaurant
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded into a lunchtime crowd Sunday to kick off a final full week of campaigning for his four state ballot initiatives, telling customers waiting on shrimp salad and clam chowder that lawmakers have failed them.
Schwarzenegger emerged quietly, without introduction, from the kitchen of Point Loma Seafoods. For 45 minutes, he shook hands, handed out campaign booklets, signed autographs and posed for photos. There were no speeches, no loudspeakers and — unlike many of his appearances — no protests.
“Remember one thing: the Legislature couldn’t do it, so the people have to do it,” he told one customer.
“The people have done a better job than the Legislature,” he told another, his voice barely carrying in the noisy crowd.
With close races for Proposition 74 and 75 the Governor has taken the show on the road. Will it be enough?
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to members of the Persian community during a roundtable discussion in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005.
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California Special Election Watch: “Anyone writing Arnold’s political obituary is making a mistake” – Gray Davis
The Los Angeles Daily News has Davis: Arnold won’t lose power after election.
Even if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s measures lose in the Nov. 8 special election, he will remain a powerhouse in California, his ousted predecessor said Friday.
Former Gov. Gray Davis, now a private attorney and a policy fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, predicted a “split” on Schwarzenegger’s four initiatives on the ballot.
Gray Davis was an indecisive political leader who bowed down to the Union bosses who eventually destroyed his career. He has always had a keen sense of the California political winds.
However, he was stalemated by his own UNION allies, made poor political as well as governance decisions and lost it all.
Popular support has been lacking for the four Schwarzenegger-backed measures that would increase his power over the budget, change the state redistricting process, limit union political contributions and make it harder for teachers to get tenure.
But Davis dismissed Democrats and others who say a major loss next month could cripple Schwarzenegger’s chances in his campaign to retain the governor’s seat in 2006.
“Anyone writing Arnold’s political obituary is making a mistake,” said Davis, a Democrat himself. “Even if all his initiatives are voted down, he still will be a formidable force in 2006.”
Gray Davis has it RIGHT and supports Flap in saying that Schwarzenegger has already won the special election.
Davis said he thinks voters are more forgiving when it comes to losing ballot measures.
“People don’t resent you putting an initiative on the ballot, because its fate is in their hands. What they get upset about is when they have no recourse,” he said. “This election is just not going to determine the governor’s fate in 2006.”
Agreed and what about draining your union friend’s (?) coffers going into 2006 and possibly bankrupting the California Teachers Association?
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California Special Election Watch: Does California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez Support Violence and Thuggery?
CBS Channel 2 and KCAL News Los Angeles television Channel Nine has this video clip depicting a single Schwarzenegger supporter (Genevieve Peters) struggling to hold her ground in a rally against the governor’s special election initiatives. The rally was held at Los Angeles Pershing Square yesterday. Schwarzenegger opponents tried to hit her with their signs, tried to steal her hat and some blocked news cameras as she argued her point. The crowd turns quickly, grabbing her signs and tearing them up. Even a woman wearing an orange security vest rips up the “Vote Yes†signs.†(CBS 2 News, October 28, 2005).
Check out the video clip here.
Check out the thugs as they assault Ms. Peters.
Now, California Assembly Speaker earlier had whipped up the union crowd to a frenzy. As a former union organizer shouldn’t he know better and urge restraint?
Shouldn’t he now APOLOGIZE to Ms. Peters on behalf of the UNION THUGS that control him?
Call his office and let him now how you feel! Remind the Speaker this is America and not a third world country – violence is not acceptable for political dissent.
Sacramento Office: (916) 319-2046
Los Angeles Office: (213) 620-4646
Flap knows you will be glad you did.
Thanks to The Political Teen for help with the graphics.
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Michelle Malkin has UNION THUGS UNHINGED
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California Special Election Watch: Latest Public Policy Institute of California Poll Released
The PPIC Statewide Survey: Special Survey on Californians and the Initiative Process, October 2005 has ben released:
Some findings of the current survey
- 54% of likely voters consider the special election a bad idea.
- As the election approaches, none of the measures actively supported by Governor Schwarzenegger enjoys majority support among likely voters:
- Proposition 74 (teacher tenure), 46% yes, 48% no
- Proposition 75 (use of union dues), 46% yes, 46% no
- Proposition 76 (spending and funding limits), 30% yes, 62% no
- Proposition 77 (redistricting), 36% yes, 50% no
- Approval ratings of public officials among all Californians:
- Governor Schwarzenegger, 33% approve, 58% disapprove
- California Legislature, 25% approve, 56% disapprove
- President Bush, 36% approve, 60% disapprove
- U.S. Congress, 42% approve, 46% disapprove
- Senator Feinstein, 50% approve, 27% disapprove
- Senator Boxer, 48% approve, 29% disapprove
- Likely voters are very unhappy with the federal government:
- 74% have little or no confidence in the federal government to do what is right
- 69% believe that the federal government wastes a lot of tax dollars.
Flap reproduces the entire summary of the poll to point out the poll cynicism and bias. The poll is OFF.
The entire 38 page PPIC Survey is here.
Approval of Feinstein and Boxer and disapproving everything and everyone else by very wide margins……. not very credible.
Flap says place this poll in the circular file.
Stay tuned for the Field and L.A. Times polls.
November 8 election day is looming.
Stay tuned.
The ASSociated Press has Poll: Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Measures Lag.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “year of reform” initiatives are proving a tough sell to California voters despite a multimillion dollar advertising blitz, according to a poll released Thursday. None of his measures on the Nov. 8 ballot has majority support, and two are opposed by wide margins.
Telephone interviews were conducted with 1,079 likely voters over seven days ending Oct. 23. There was a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Job Approval Rating:
Approve 38%
Disapprove 57%
Proposition 74 extends the probationary period for new teachers from 2 years to 5 years, and makes it easier to dismiss teachers with unsatisfactory performance evaluations.
Approve 46%
Disapprove 48%
But within the margin of error.
Proposition 75 prohibits public employee unions from using union dues for political purposes without the written consent of union members.
Approve 46%
Disapprove 46%
Again, within the margin of error.
Proposition 76 limits growth in state spending so that it does not exceed recent growth in state revenues.
Approve 30%
Disapprove 62%
Proposition 77 changes the way California draws boundaries for Congressional and legislative districts. District boundaries would be drawn by a panel of retired judges and approved by voters in a statewide election.
Approve 36%
Disapprove 50%
“All these measures are close,” he said. “There’s a considerable amount of time . . . and there will be new messages and counter-messages. I don’t feel like this election is necessarily settled.”
This poll although not favorble to the Governor is not disastrous either.
Indeed, Proposition 74 and 75 may be winning since the results are within the margin of error.
And Schwarzenegger has forced the California Teachers Association to spend $52.9 million fighting these measures – not a small chunk of change.
Stay tuned the Field Organization and Los Angeles Times will soon release their polls.
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California Special Election Watch: Latest Public Policy Institute of California Poll
The ASSociated Press has Poll: Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Measures Lag.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “year of reform” initiatives are proving a tough sell to California voters despite a multimillion dollar advertising blitz, according to a poll released Thursday. None of his measures on the Nov. 8 ballot has majority support, and two are opposed by wide margins.
Telephone interviews were conducted with 1,079 likely voters over seven days ending Oct. 23. There was a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Job Approval Rating:
Approve 38%
Disapprove 57%
Proposition 74 extends the probationary period for new teachers from 2 years to 5 years, and makes it easier to dismiss teachers with unsatisfactory performance evaluations.
Approve 46%
Disapprove 48%
But within the margin of error.
Proposition 75 prohibits public employee unions from using union dues for political purposes without the written consent of union members.
Approve 46%
Disapprove 46%
Again, within the margin of error.
Proposition 76 limits growth in state spending so that it does not exceed recent growth in state revenues.
Approve 30%
Disapprove 62%
Proposition 77 changes the way California draws boundaries for Congressional and legislative districts. District boundaries would be drawn by a panel of retired judges and approved by voters in a statewide election.
Approve 36%
Disapprove 50%
“All these measures are close,” he said. “There’s a considerable amount of time . . . and there will be new messages and counter-messages. I don’t feel like this election is necessarily settled.”
This poll although not favorble to the Governor is not disastrous either.
Indeed, Proposition 74 and 75 may be winning since the results are within the margin of error.
And Schwarzenegger has forced the California Teachers Association to spend $52.9 million fighting these measures – not a small chunk of change.
Stay tuned the Field Organization and Los Angeles Times will soon release their polls.
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California Special Election Watch: Schwarzenegger Questioned by Hispanics
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, talks with Marco Rodriquez, seated at right, during a break in the taping of a Spanish-language talk show at the Univision Television station held in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2005. Schwarzenegger appeared on the policy and political debate program ‘Voz Y Voto’, where he discussed his ballot initiatives on the upcoming Nov. 8th special election and took a few questions from the audience. The show is to be broadcast Saturday.
The ASSociated Press and San Francisco Chronicle has Select Hispanic audience questions Schwarzenegger on immigration.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took his special election campaign before a hand-picked Hispanic audience that was more interested in asking him about amnesty and driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants than his “year of reform” ballot measures.
Schwarzenegger’s appearance Tuesday in the capital studio of Spanish-language television network Univision was another step in his attempt to connect with voters two weeks before they decide his proposals to change state government.
Schwarzenegger on the road………
Will his personal poll numbers improve?
The Governor is in a two minute drill towards the California special election.
But, the unions and their leftie lackies are already moaning about the event.
Critics immediately assailed the Univision session because it did not provide time for any of his opponents to speak. Univision’s chairman, Jerry Perenchio, is one of the governor’s largest campaign supporters, having donated more than $3 million to Schwarzenegger campaign committees since he took office two years ago.
“This amounts to a one-hour infomercial for the governor,” said Roger Salazar, a spokesman for the Alliance for a Better California, the coalition of labor groups opposing the governor’s ballot agenda. “It is nothing more than one of his biggest contributors providing him the opportunity to deliver his message on his terms.”
The question-and-answer session will be broadcast statewide Saturday on Univision stations. The company controls two broadcast networks and is the nation’s dominant Spanish-language media company.
Flap recommends a debate.
How about Schwarzenegger vs. Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante in Fresno this Friday?
How about it, Alliance for a Better California, and the California Teachers Association?
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California Special Election Watch: Ballot Measures Crucial for California Reform
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger responds to questions during the Special Election Showdown, at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Calif., Monday Oct. 24, 2005. Schwarzenegger and state Sen. Don Perata and others appeared at the forum to discuss issues in California’s upcoming election.
The ASSociated Press has Schwarzenegger: Special Election Crucial.
Defending his November special election before an audience of voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday the ballot initiatives are crucial to continue changes he launched two years ago.
He cast the Nov. 8 election as the next step of the 2003 recall election that propelled him to office. Voters, he said, sent him to Sacramento to rebuild the state’s economy and fix a moribund political system.
“We need reform. We have a broken system. That’s why you sent me to Sacramento — to fix the broken system,” he said. “Please give me the tools.”
He contended his policies have created 400,000 new jobs and billions in new revenue.
The 90-minute forum in the east San Francisco Bay area was the first time Schwarzenegger sat for an extended time to field unscripted questions from an audience not chosen by his staff.
Dan Weintraub of the Sacramento Bee was live-blogging the event.
We’ll have to see if anybody’s watching this forum or will watch others if they are held. But if the governor is smart, he’ll barnstorm the state and do them in every city. Most voters haven’t seen Schwarzenegger since the campaign, other than in brief snips on the news. They’ve seen and heard him portrayed as an ogre, a bully, an idiot. But his command of the issues is far better than it was two years ago, and he can articulately make his case for his measures, even in the face of tough questions from voters who disagree with him. He relied on his stump speech material at times, but he wasn’t overly scripted. He mixed in humor. He used anecdotes to make his points. He wasn’t perfect. But he was close to it. His opponents weren’t terrible, but they were what they were: defenders of the status quo. If two-thirds of Californians think the state is going in the wrong direction, they’re not likely to be convinced by these folks that everything is just fine.
Sacramento Bee Columnist Dan Walters and Proposition 77’s Steve Poizner, Photo Courtesy of Dan Weintraub
The Governor is performing well and although he has already won the special election, he may be initiating a new era in California governance.
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California Special Election Watch: Will FLAP Between Bush and Schwarzenegger Affect the Election?
President Bush and wife Laura at the dedication of an Air Force One exhibit at the Reagan Library.
The San Francisco Chronicle has Bush visit stirs election anxiety Governor skips event — his backers call trip ill-timed
President Bush sought to draw a link between himself and former President Ronald Reagan on Friday, comparing his war on terrorism to the Cold War — even as a political cold war continued between Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was a glaring no-show during the president’s two-day California trip.
Reagan “recognized that freedom was opposed by dangerous enemies,” Bush said at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library here. “And … America has always prevailed by standing firmly on principles and never backing down in the face of evil.”
But Bush’s visit, at a party fundraiser Thursday night and at the dedication Friday of an Air Force One exhibit at the library before an audience of high-profile state and national Republicans, was termed “ill-timed” by supporters of the governor, who is facing a difficult special election in just over two weeks.
So, what affect will this FLAP have on the California Special Election?
Well, at least the Governor did not have to witness the Bush/Arnold hybrid protesters.
“The governor’s got challenges, and it’s a very tense time for both of them,” said Ken Khachigian, a former Reagan speechwriter and longtime political adviser. “I think they’re both extremely focused on what they’re doing, and as a result, the challenges are higher and the emotions rise.
“… The president’s trip to California will have no effect on the outcome of the special election, and the governor’s not showing up here will have no effect on President Bush,” Khachigian said. “Staff people just got carried away on both sides.”
Agreed!
The President had a good event and the Governor had a few bad press pieces but the FLAP will all but be forgotten by Monday’s press cycle.
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California Special Election Watch: California State Firefighters Association Snubs Schwarzenegger
The Sacramento Bee has State firefighters’ group withdraws support for Schwarzenegger.
California’s largest firefighters’ association withdrew its support for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday, with its president saying the governor has broken his trust with the organization on matters ranging from bill vetoes to the Proposition 75 union dues measure.
The California State Firefighters’ Association is not a union and is not targeted by the Schwarzenegger-supported special election ballot initiative that would restrict public employee unions from spending their members’ dues money on politics. But about three-quarters of its members are in the unions that are targeted by Proposition 75 and are campaigning heavily to defeat it.
What a SURPRISE?
NOT!
These California fire folks along with the California Correctional Peace Officer’s Association (CCPOA) and other public employee unions are the new Southern Pacific Railroad of the 21st century.
Even though the association is a trade group that includes fire department managers as well as line-level hook-and-ladder crew members, gubernatorial campaign spokesman Todd Harris attributed the CSFA’s move to public employee “union bosses” that the Schwarzenegger camp has been harshly criticizing all year.
“The governor is a huge supporter of California’s rank-and-file firefighters,” Harris said. “But it’s no secret he is at odds with union bosses who want California to keep spending more money than it has and just raise taxes to make up the difference.
“They can call themselves whatever they want,” Harris said of the association. “The fact is, this is a fight between Gov. Schwarzenegger and reform-minded Californians across the state versus the union bosses who want to preserve the status quo in Sacramento.”
Like pigs at the government trough these peeps have bankrupted the California state budget, and corrupted California politics with union sponsored special interest legislation and contributions.
Send them a message November 8th.
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