Here's a plan -- recall Arnold, run Tom Hayden

[grasswire]

If anyone deserves to be governor of California, it is Tom Hayden.


Biography
"Tom Hayden changed America", the national correspondent of The Atlantic, Nicholas Lemann, has written. He created the blueprint for the Great Society programs, according to presidential assistant Richard Goodwin. He was "the conscience of the Senate", said Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters. According to the Los Angeles Times, when he retired in September 1999 from the state legislature, he received the longest farewell of any legislator in memory.

Tom Hayden was born December 11, 1939. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1971. He is married to the actress Barbara Williams, with whom he has a son Liam. Tom has two grown children from an earlier marriage to Jane Fonda.

Tom was elected to the state Assembly in 1982 and the state Senate in 1992, seven consecutive victories on the west side of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. He also ran "protest" campaigns for Governor and Mayor of Los Angeles during the 90s.

Tom's legislative record includes groundbreaking legislation on behalf of women, African-Americans and Latinos, Holocaust survivors and this generation's immigrants working in sweatshops. While in Sacramento, he was regarded by the Sierra Club as the strongest legislative protector of endangered species in the nation. He was recognized as the legislature's foremost watchdog against special interest waste and abuse of power in cases ranging from the LA subway controversy to the UC Irvine fertility scandal. He led the battles in Sacramento to stop university tuition increases, reform the K-12 system, and clean up fiscal mismanagement at LAUSD.

Tom was honored as "legislator of the year" by the American Lung Association for his battles against the tobacco industry, by the California League Conservation Voters for his environmental leadership, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for his civil rights achievements, the UC and Cal State student associations for his committment to affordable higher education, the Jewish National Fund for his committment to Israel, and the Irish-American "Top 100" by Irish America magazine.

Tom was a leader of the student, civil rights and anti-war movements in the Sixties, and the environmental and anti-nuclear movements in the Seventies.

He is the author of nine books, including The Lost Gospel of the Earth, The Whole World Was Watching and Irish Hunger. The New York Times cited his 1988 book, Reunion, as one of the best 200 of the year.


http://www.tomhayden.com/Biography.html

[rwenos]

1. Recall Schwarzenegger Yes, Hayden Maybe

Tom Hayden is a died-in-the-wool liberal, and maybe too leftie for the statewide electorate. (Recall that Tom McLintock's campaign is crucifying itself on a cross of ideological purity.)

The important thing is to pay back this recall horsebleep RIGHT NOW.

We should start this recall effort THE SAME DAY SCHWARZENEGGER TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE.

Who wants to help?

[mitchtv]

2. Oh Honey

that business is all ready to go. Apparently the winner needs to be certified first. and that IS going to take everyone of the 28 days alotted. Tom is a little liberal for Caif, maybe, it depends, maybe we could use the march presidential primary for a Governor's primary too. There are many good Candidtes around- Jackie Speier,Ca senate san Mateo, Mike Thompson US congr- Nor coast-Leon Panetta- Dianne may be ready then , Too

[rwenos]

3. Need Info to Volunteer Help

I have to help in this effort, or my wife's going to make me sleep in the garage, for fear I will EXPLODE!

Where can I sign up? Web pages? Phone numbers?

[TheDonkey]

4. He is definetly a great guy politically.

He brought up some pwoerful stuff and is very open-minded and liberal. I like it!

[IranianDemocrat]

5. I think we should run LaRouche.

lol