Poll Places Bustamante In Lead to Succeed Davis

Poll Places Bustamante In Lead to Succeed Davis


By William Booth
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 16, 2003; Page A03


LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 -- Before the first television ads have aired, the race to succeed California Gov. Gray Davis (D) if he is recalled came down to just two men, Republican action star Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, according to a nonpartisan statewide poll to be released Saturday.

The California Field Poll found 25 percent of registered voters opted for Bustamante followed by 22 percent for Schwarzenegger.

The other candidates trailed in single digits: State Sen. Tom McClintock took 9 percent; businessman Bill Simon won 8 percent; former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth received 5 percent; all three are Republicans. Independent and columnist Arianna Huffington got 4 percent, and Green Party candidate Peter Camejo received 2 percent.

The poll also found Davis in deeper trouble. The beleaguered governor earned the dubious distinction of being the most unpopular governor in the 56-year history of the Field Poll, which put his approval rating at 22 percent, the lowest ever for Davis. The survey also showed support for the recall leaping, with 58 percent of registered voters supporting Davis's ouster, compared with 51 percent last month.

As the poll results were being released, a federal judge in San Jose threatened to postpone the Oct. 7 election because the hasty schedule may violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

However, I fear that Simon and/or McClintock may withdraw, giving Arnold more Repuke votes.

California’s lieutenant governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger are the leading candidates to succeed Gray Davis if voters decide to oust the Democratic governor, according to a poll released Saturday. Meanwhile, a federal judge said he could postpone the Oct. 7 vote until issues raised by two civil rights groups were resolved.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/945950.asp?0cv=CB10


But, but, the Whores at American Enterprise Institute, http://www.aei.org/, said the day Steroid Brain entered he was going to win because Davis represented special interests. (on CNN).

bill.schneider@turner.com was leading the Whore charge for Perle and Gingrich.

I guess Wilson, Schultz, Buffet have nothing to do with Bush Crime Family special interests.

the lead to widen with more exposure. Are the people of California taking this seriously after all?