San Francisco Chronicle: Little money going for 'yes on recall' campaign

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From the San Francisco Chronicle
Dated Wednesday September 3

Little money going for 'yes on recall' campaign
Davis, candidates seeking to replace him have much bigger war chests
By Mark Simon, Robert Salladay, Chronicle Political Writers

The campaign committee urging California voters to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, which expected to spend $15 million, is lagging far behind its fund-raising projections and the money hauled in by the governor to retain his office.
At the same time, the focus of the Oct. 7 recall has shifted to a traditional horse race between major candidates. The "yes on recall" message is only occasionally mentioned on the campaign trail as the media fixate on replacement candidates such as actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The situation provides a glimpse into a problem that major candidates face as the unprecedented election approaches. In order for any of them to win, Davis first must be ousted from office. But there is little money being spent selling that message compared to the "No on recall" campaign.
Money that Rescue California expected would pour into their effort from state business interests has failed to materialize, leaving officials to hope for an infusion of money from individual donors. That kind of contribution, more than $1.5 million from Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of San Diego County, helped push the recall onto the ballot.

One Republican opposed to the Recall says that after realizing that this wasn't going to make him governor, Issa "closed his checkbook." What a guy!

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1. Well ...we knew that about issa all along!

"What a guy!"