<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3314.2100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY>     Dear C.s,   This is the 32nd recall attempt since 1936 and it produced this result: On Question 1 (choice, # votes, percentage):   Yes         4,358,033             55.2 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix009933.gif" width=55><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=44>   No 3,540,573 44.8 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=44>   On Question 2:   Arnold Schwarzenegger          Rep   3,694,436   48.5 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=48><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=52>   Cruz M. Bustamante              Dem   2,421,319   31.8 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=31><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=69>   Tom McClintock                     Rep   1,014,895   13.4 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=13><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=87>   Peter Miguel Camejo             Grn     211,595    2.8 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=2><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=98>   Arianna Huffington                 Ind      42,442    0.6 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=1><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=99>   Peter V. Ueberroth                Rep      21,999    0.3 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=1> Compare this to the 2002 results for governor:<PRE>* Gray Davis Dem 3,469,025 47.4 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=47><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=53> Bill Simon Rep 3,105,477 42.4 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=42><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=58> Reinhold S. Gulke AmI 125,338 1.7 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=1><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=99> Peter Miguel Camejo Grn 381,700 5.3 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=5><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=95> Gary David Copeland Lib 158,161 2.1 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=2><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=98> Iris Adam Nat 86,432 1.1 <IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pix990033.gif" width=1><IMG alt="" height=11 hspace=0 src="http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/img/pixFFFFFF.gif" width=99></PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> So the truth is that, far from being a "right-wing coup", the recall</PRE><PRE>was simply a stunning victory for Republicans, who split over 4.7</PRE><PRE>million votes to Davis' 3.5 million in the last election. It is also,</PRE><PRE>I think, a total repudiation of DLC Democrat politics. </PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> Look, I don't like it any more than you do, but in words of the WTO</PRE><PRE>protester: "This is what democracy looks like." The recall process is</PRE><PRE>not "idiocy". It's a rational, legal process and a living civics lesson. </PRE><PRE>Either elections generates decent voter turnout or recalls will. The </PRE><PRE>Democrats have NOBODY to blame but themselves (and Pete Wilson and the </PRE><PRE>energy companies, but predominantly themselves.) </PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> When the energy prices spiked and the blackouts came, Davis could have </PRE><PRE>declared a state of emergency and even claimed eminent domain over the </PRE><PRE>power company assets, but he's not that kind of Democrat. So, he wrote </PRE><PRE>them a big, fat check. When the recall initiative passed, Terry McAuliffe </PRE><PRE>and Clinton could have thrown their weight behind Bustamante, but they </PRE><PRE>didn't and he had to go begging to the native casino operators. Again I </PRE><PRE>ask how anybody can bear the shame of being a registered Democrat these days.</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> peace,</PRE><PRE> boddi</PRE><PRE> </PRE></BODY></HTML>