Buoyed by poll, Schwarzenegger details plan for first days in office

[Shrek]

Uh, just a little premature, no?

Buoyed by a new poll that has him leading all recall candidates less than a week before the election, Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped into the role of governor Wednesday with a speech outlining his agenda for the first 100 days in office.

"We are ready to take office," actor-turned-politician told a crowd of about 400 supporters. "We are ready to take action. We are ready to return California to the people."

Schwarzenegger repeated a number of pledges he has previously made during his campaign. On his first day in office, he said, he would repeal the tripling of the state car tax then move to have the state budget audited and call a special session of the Legislature to enact spending cuts.


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[mitchtv]

1. those spending cuts should trigger

RECALL 2

[Ferretherder]

14. Would that then equal...

...Total Recall?

...couldn't heip myself.

[Emillereid]

17. Sign me up to (wo)man the tables --

the next recall will be driven by those of us who actually live in the state -- and won't even need to be paid. Schwarzenegger is a scumbag, sexist, opportunist pig. We in California must put our democratic legislators on notice that they are to view Schwarzenegger as a usurper and that they are to do nothing to assist this asshole.

[AP]

2. This is what the media/Bush did in 00. They pretended it was a foregone...

...conslusion.

Remember during the recount?

[Judi Lynn]

6. Absolutely right.

We've seen this before, and it wasn't any prettier then.

Crude, and tacky.

[ILeft]

11. Same crooks, same modus operandi. Gets easier every time.

Where will they strike next? Or will they just wait for the big score in 2004?

[CMT]

3. democrats should ask him to be specific

about what his cuts will involve.

[Blitz]

4. Uh, just a little premature, no?

Actually, no. These are exactly the kind of details that voters and the media have been demanding from Schwarzenegger. If anything, he can be criticized for laying out his plan too late in the campaign, not too early.

For months McClintock has been telling anyone who would listen what he would do in his first days in office. It's part of what has kept him relatively high in the polls all of this time.

[Shrek]

5. Good point.

Perhaps you're right and he's just being specific about his agenda.

My initial read was that he was almost gloating -- treating Tuesday's results as a foregone conclusion. That's why it struck me as presumptuous.

[J B]

7. What if the poll's wrong?

The polls were getting 15% swings on a daily basis early on. In CA they were considered a joke. But this latest poll has provided what now, 4 continuous days of "he's gonna win" coverage, with Arianna to Arnold to Wall Street to the international press treating it like gospel?

What if the poll's wrong and this is a house of cards?

[AP]

8. If it weren't close, Arnold wouldn't do this. They're trying to discourage

people from voting by pretending that the outcome has been determined.

It's probably a pretty good indication that the Dems still have a chance. But they'll need something to counter this spin.

[benfranklin1776]

9. A a good point. This smells of premature self annointing.

.....with the hopes that this becomes a self fufilling prophecy by suppressing turnout. It is far, far too soon to throw in the towel. His gloating presentation should be a galvanizing wake up call. He shows that he plans to wield the axe and the cuts will be deep and hurt those who are the least fortunate.

[PATRICK]

12. self-fulfilling premise

Pressured for explanation the Gallup people of course can tell the truth
without a problem. Yes, they base their results on enthusiasm for turnout. What they do not mention is how, as always, these polls effect- are MEANT to effect- electoral mood and turnout. the bandwagon/discouragement effect surgically employed in the properly chaotic mess.

It also, without anyone even having to know it, gives more cover for vote fraud and excuse spin exactly the same as 2002.

This is what will happen again in 2004 if they manage to get the money poor Dems tangled and "dissatisfied" at their convention especially.

Will someone try to clue in the newbie Clark campaign about tactics, plain and simple? No one else seems capable of learning.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. No shit! If Clark wins the nomination what is he going to do?

Disempower all the people who are charged up by the work dena has done by telling them to sit down and shut up? Glad you brought that up.

[Sequoia]

10. Last night he also said "When I'm the boss...."

Bastard out of California. I don't trust the polls and neither should you. So many can go to the sites and vote over and over again. Even those of you who don't live in CA must pray like never before that the people will NOT vote him in. Prayer really does work if you mean it. It's a universal truth that any religion can claim. Physicists will tell you the same. I know I might make fun of fumblementalist, but they're another story.

[David__77]

13. We've got to "come from behind" to win.

Moving people and ballots, that's what we must do. If he takes office, the campaign is not over. We must proceed to politically destroy him regardless. He can be eliminated as a political figure sooner or later. Let's work to make that sooner.

[DBoon]

15. I like the car tax

It is really a very progressive tax. It is based on the estimated value of you car. I only pay $49/year for my 11-year-old Toyota. Someone who buys a Hummer, Expedition, Jaguar, etc. will of course pay thru the nose, as they ought.

I'd rather they increase the car tax and cut the sales tax.

Let the people who think they need overpriced ego-boosting status symbols pay for the privilege.

[Nottingham]

16. I'm so upset with the Democratic Party for not getting a decent

candidate! Its almost like the Democrats WANT to lose California!

:bounce:

[mitchtv]

20. we have a governor who is all right

who needs a decent candidate?

[rocktivity]

18. BORG PUBLICITY (Resistance to the GOP is futile)

I've seen only one poll that puts him clearly in the lead--the others have called it even. And I've seen an article about Davis and Bustamante "bickering." Never mind not voting on October 7--why bother to get out of bed?


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