CA: Governor considers calling special election

[sled]

Governor considers calling special election

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/special_packages/governor_schwarzenegger/10399749.htm

By Ann E. Marimow

TIMES SACRAMENTO BUREAU

Sun, Dec. 12, 2004

SACRAMENTO - After his string of ballot measure successes, Republican
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger might call a special election next year to
force radical change on the Democratic-controlled state Legislature.

The governor and his advisers are considering a long list of proposals
to change the shape of legislative and congressional districts,
require rapid disclosure of campaign donations, impose new limits on
state spending and subject the Legislature to more public scrutiny.

If successful, Schwarzenegger could intimidate his competition for
2006, should he decide to run for re-election. If he fails, it would
be a blow to the governor's momentum at a critical time.

A California governor last called a special election in 1993. This one
would cost roughly $60 million and send voters statewide to the polls
for the sixth time in less than four years.

"I just don't see anything that requires that kind of urgent
attention," said UC Berkeley political scientist Bruce Cain. "It looks
suspiciously like it's there to keep Arnold amused and his advisers
paid."

(SNIP)

[mrdmk]

1. The Republicans are going to work on California

and I think this one may blow up in their faces, then again I have been known to be wrong.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1425430

[George_S]

6. You're too kind to Californians...

... Arnie may pull it off with the right advertising and propaganda.

[mrdmk]

7. Fortunately or Unfortunately I live here in California

Arnold does not need a advertising budget. The air-wave media loves Arnold and will parrot anything he says. Now the print media is a different story. For the most part The Los Angeles Times questions a lot of governor does and says. But name calling in a international forum (the Republican Convention) which Arnold did do (i.e. "Girlie Men"), does not give him a very good reputation. Hopefully some of Arnold's verbal blunders start to stick.

[Patchuli]

22. George

I'm a native Californian too and Ahnold is not going to Texasize
California!

I know of NO ONE who voted for him! He is disgusting!

[donheld]

29. Welcome to DU Patchuli

:hi:

[Zhade]

23. Try blaming Diebold before you blame us.

Thanks for the broad brush, though, I LOVE being stereotyped. Makes me feel just like a Southerner here on DU.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Bad Austrian, bad, bad, bad!!!!!!!

Remember the LAST TIME an AUSTRIAN tried to "change" the electoral "process"!

If I recall, 50 MILLION + people eventually died!

:eyes:

:mad:

[Zhade]

24. Now now, Schwarzenegger isn't a Nazi, he only ADMIRED one.

Okay, so that one was HITLER, but still...

[proud patriot]

28. and he's my Governor

:eyes: *sigh*

[Zhade]

32. Mine, too. Double sigh.

NT!

[salin]

3. push the cost.... and the fiscal irresponsibility

[goclark]

4. He is worse than Bush!

He is so dangerous because he hides behind his Kennedy wife and they both are power hungry.

We have got to stop this madness.

He is setting himself up for taking over CA with the voting machines and the Republicans will have installed another King in the WH.

It makes me furious that the people can't see through this gropper and phony old has been movie "star,"

[AndyTiedye]

5. Perhaps He Already Has

They own the media and they own the voting machinez.

I don't know anybody who voted for Shickelgroper. Do you?

The only reason California didn't "vote" for Booosh** is because
it would have looked toooo suspicious.

[goclark]

10. I have met ONE person that voted for Arnold

That is a friend of mind that is a Republican.

She is an absolute fool.
She thinks that Arnold and his wife are just precious.

I told her he was a gropper and she said, "Oh no, he would never do that!"

[zann725]

14. I live here. And I know NO ONE who voted for him.

I agree...he's scarey. And his 'agenda' is even scarier.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

8. He and his captive Kennedy trophy wife are the cover story on Vanity Fair.

She is his human credential to women and naive liberals and Oprah.
I see he just did a menorah lighting ceremony and had a conference on 'women and families.'
http://www.schwarzenegger.com/en/news/uptotheminute/index.asp?sec=news&subsec=uptotheminute

The Gropenfuhrer will divide and conquer California for the neocons.

"Waiter, may I sit in the 'no fascist psy-ops' section?"
"There isn't one? Hmm. Nevermind, I've lost my appetite."

[shanti]

12. THANK YOU!!!

i know two women who voted for him and it disgusts me to no end! their reasons were so idiotic.

[fshrink]

9. Diebold will take care of it.

If the thiefs are not stopped now, that is.

[shanti]

11. i've got three words for the gropenator

FUCK YOU, SONOFABITCH!!!! keep your filthy paws off of my state!

he's trying to undermine democracy here, turn it into another texas/florida. all he has to do is make some more public moviestar appearances and the stupid idolworshipping, starstruck public goes apeshit. flash those pearly whites, ahnold, and stab us in the back! he's great at that!

ugh, i cannot WAIT until this jerk is ousted! :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Disturbed]

13. Perception over Reality.

Are most people so gullible to believe that this Rethug has their best interests in mind? Unfortunately they do. ;0(

[VegasWolf]

15. Good, let's put the governorship up for grabs! n/t

[Massacure]

16. Telling who donated, more public involvement, and spending limits are good

Those are the exact opposite of what Bush would do.

I'm not so sure I like the redistricting idea though.

[AlCzervik]

17. I'm just going to move into my polling place, i'm there enough

P.S. Gropenfuher....stop spending money on special elections!!!!!!

[w4rma]

18. Dems need to stop playing softball with these people. They are totally

vicious scounrels and they do not play fair. They've had LOTs of practice with this stuff on foreign countries. Now their bringing it all home.

[dolstein]

19. Why should Democrats fear electoral reform?

Gee, if the Democrats in Sacramento really believe they have the support of the electorate, why SHOULDN'T they support measures against gerrymandering?

I'm beginning to detect a genuine hostility towards popular elections from those on the left.

[SoCalDem]

20. States should have districts drawn by computer grids

Let the boundaries fall where they may..

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. Of course the left is hostile to popular elections

The average voter is pretty middle of the road. Neither far right nor far left. Even in a left-leaning state like California, voters have chosen to ban governemnt services to illegal aliens and prohibit racial preferences in government hiring and school admissions.

[Zhade]

25. This moderate is all for electoral reform.

Unfortunately, I don't trust people like Schwarzenegger to carry it out with honesty and transparency, seeing as how I'm pretty sure he didn't get into office honestly.

[AndyTiedye]

26. Let's Call a Special Election of Our Own: TOTAL RECALL 2

It's time to send the groper back to Hollywierd where he belongs.
He should go back to the movies.
He was pretty good at that.

[Sub Zero]

27. Holy shit

It's like what they did in texas part deux.

I hope the CA voters see through this.

[donheld]

30. Welcome to DU Sub Zero

:hi:

[annabanana]

31. the Texification of California

THIS is why Ahhnold went to Texas a month or so ago....for tips from DeLay.

[salin]

33. question - why would this require a "special election" (and the cost)

why not just put it on the next, regularly scheduled election as a ballot initiative?

[Art_from_Ark]

34. Because he and his thug controllers have ants in their pants

and their idiot enablers are more than happy to oblige

[Bridget Burke]

35. Because it's crooked.

Our Governor, Rick "Good Hair" Perry, called a special election for "tort reform". A general election was already scheduled a couple of months later.

It was unpopular enough it would probably have failed on the general ballot. But, because it was voted separately, those who really were for limiting damages turned out in droves. So tort reform passed. Has medical care become easier to get? Have malpractice insurance premiums gone down? Of course not.

Now is the time for the Californians to show what they're made of.