Simon drops out of California recall!

[The diplomat]

Bill Simon (R) is dropping out of the race so as not to split the vote among too many Republicans.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/23/california.recall/index.html

Now there is a class act.

[Buck Birdseed]

At least all the main candidates are still in it, Flynt, Coleman, Huffington and the Porn Star.

[Dinner]

Simon never stood a chance. Remember he lost to Davis a year ago.

Besides the Republican party is try to get all the other Republicans off of the ballot so that Arnie can win. They don't want their votes to get divided eight ways and then to have a Democrate win.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Simon never stood a chance. Remember he lost to Davis a year ago.

Besides the Republican party is try to get all the other Republicans off of the ballot so that Arnie can win. They don't want their votes to get divided eight ways and then to have a Democrate win.

They consider Arnie one in all but name.

[Shi Huangdi]

Now maybe Tom McClintock might stand a fighting chance?

[The diplomat]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
At least all the main candidates are still in it, Flynt, Coleman, Huffington and the Porn Star.

[Dinner]

Last poll I saw put McClintok at 2% which is about a point higher then Gary Coleman.

[Shi Huangdi]

I thought McClintock was tied with Simon for 13%?

[Jack_www]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi


Now maybe Tom McClintock might stand a fighting chance?

I hope so. I am very gald that idoit Simon droped out. Of course he should not have ran in the first place, he does not even know how to run for office, even now.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Go Arnie Go!

[Jack_www]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
I thought McClintock was tied with Simon for 13%?

The Latest polls have him at arround 5 to 4%, at least the ones that I saw. Simon had even less than that.
Also there is about 30% of voters that are undecided.

[st_swithin]

MR. BILL FOR PRESIDENT!!!!

I feel a campaign slogan coming on....


OH NO!! MR. BILL!!!!

[Joseph]

Good.

[Sava]

Did Simon cry like that other guy who dropped out?

[Edan]

New Poll Shows Bustamante Leading Arnold

California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante has a significant lead over actor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the race to succeed Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites), according to a new poll released Saturday night.

Of 801 likely voters surveyed by the Los
Angeles Times, 35 percent backed Bustamante, a Democrat, and 22 percent supported Schwarzenegger, a Republican.

Poll data released Friday by the Times showed 50 percent support the effort to oust Davis and 45 percent oppose it.

The new numbers for Bustamante differ from others released lately. Surveys by the Public Policy Institute of California and Field Poll showed Bustamante and Schwarzenegger within five percentage points of each other.

Behind Schwarzenegger in the Times poll were three other Republicans: state Sen. Tom McClintock, with 12 percent; former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth, with 7 percent; and Bill Simon, with 6 percent.

Simon, who won the Republican primary last year but lost to Davis by five percentage points in November, backed out of the race Saturday. He said his decision to withdraw was based on his belief that there were "too many Republicans" in the race, and the poll results may bear that out.

Six out of 10 Democrats said they had decided who to support in the recall, compared with 46 percent of Republicans.

Political commentator Arianna Huffington, who is running a nonpartisan campaign, was named by 3 percent of respondents, and Green Party candidate Peter Camejo tied Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt with 1 percent.

The poll results also showed much could still change before the Oct. 7 special election. Among likely voters, 46 percent said they might change their mind about who to support before Oct. 7.

The poll surveyed 1,351 people, identifying 801 likely voters, between Aug. 16 and Aug. 21. Its margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=511&e=5&u=/ap/20030824/ap_on_el_gu/recall_poll