California voter asking for advice

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Sunday August 22, 2021 · 3:19 PM PDT

2021/08/22 · 15:19

I almost never comment or post on this site, though I’m a frequent and long-time reader. I’m posting now because I honestly need some advice. I’m a California voter (in Riverside, CA, as my nom-de-plume attests), and my vote-by-mail ballot is sitting here on my desk, un-mailed. I am of course going to vote No on the recall, but then the second page of the ballot has a large number of names and, if Yes wins (heaven forbid) the one that gets the most votes will be the governor. The “official” advice of the Democratic party is to leave it blank but I’m very uncomfortable doing that, especially with a disaster-waiting-to-happen like Elder on the ballot (and apparently he’s the front-runner with about 12% in the polls, which is enough be first weirdly enough).

There are actually six Democrats on the list, none of whom I know anything about. No actual prominent Democrat decided to put their name out there.

So what to do? Vote for Faulconer (a Republican former mayor of San Diego), as a least-worst choice? (That’s advice of the editorial page of the LA Times.) Or one of the Democrats? Or, leave it blank?

I await your advice, Kossacks!

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74 votes Show Results

Who should I vote for?

74 votes Vote Now!

Who should I vote for?

Nobody, leave it blank

36 votes

Falcouner

8 votes

One of the Democrats (if you pick this, please tell me which one in the comments)

30 votes

Fox News: Obama up 48-43

RiversideDem

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Thursday September 27, 2012 · 4:26 PM PDT

2012/09/27 · 16:26

link to Fox write-up
In other one of those rigged polls, the latest Fox survey has Obama over Romney 48-43.
The very few undecideds in this poll think more favorably of Obama than of Romney (43-31). Obama leads on foreign affairs by 11, on terrorism by 10, and on moral leadership by 5. They are roughly tied on improving the economy and managing tax dollars.
The one "lead" for Romney is on "cutting government spending," where Romney "leads" by 17 points. However, I might have given the same response. Romney probably would cut government spending more, and cutting government spending at this point in the economic recovery is a TERRIBLE idea.
The Fox page hides the news deep in their menu, of course, and the write-up is downright creative in trying to accentuate the positive for Romney.

RiversideDem

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 10:15 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 10:15

The latest Gallup tracking poll shows the same convention bounce as yesterday -- 8 points. The notes say that last night, after the Palin circus, was down slightly from the convention nights but still much better than last week, so the two things (convention & Palin) maybe cancelled each other out.
Though it's hard for me to imagine just who moved from Obama to McCain because of Palin!
Link to Gallup

Democrats in Berlin -- With Pictures!

RiversideDem

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Saturday July 05, 2008 · 11:56 PM PDT

2008/07/05 · 23:56

I've heard a lot about the organizing skills of the Obama campaign. These extend to Europe!

RiversideDem

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Monday October 24, 2005 · 6:12 PM PDT

2005/10/24 · 18:12

The lead story on the New York Times web site, just posted, says that notes in Fitzgerald's possession show that Libby learned about Plame from Cheney himself. In addition to the really obvious questions that this raises is the slightly less obvious question: What "lawyers close to the case" leaked this information, and above all, why?
Here is the Link
Key excerpt from the article below the fold: Read More

Rove's Political Response Misses the Point

RiversideDem

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Tuesday September 20, 2005 · 10:25 AM PDT

2005/09/20 · 10:25

The reason Bush's numbers continue to plummet is that Rove's current political strategy entirely misses the point. I'm a resident of southern California. We could have a big earthquake any time - there won't be any warning. Not to mention the possibility (lower I think) of a terrorist attack. With this in mind, what disturbs me the most about the government's response to Katrina isn't my worry that FEMA won't have enough trailers to live in 3 weeks later. It's what they will do during the immediate emergency, during the critical period when my family's lives and my life will hang in the balance.
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New Pew Poll

RiversideDem

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 4:57 PM PDT

2005/09/08 · 16:57

A major, emerging talking point from the Bushies seems to be that criticism of Bush is purely partisan and that the people don't blame him -- they think he's been doing all he can. ABC's "Note," a reliable source for talking points, observes that Republicans are supposedly encouraged that Bush's poll numbers are supposedly holding steady. So it's a perfect time for the appearance of the following poll by the highly reputable Pew Foundation
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=255

Take a look, and take heart.

Cheney Expects to Lose

RiversideDem

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Tuesday October 05, 2004 · 10:02 PM PDT

2004/10/05 · 22:02

Small speech disfluencies (aka Freudian slips) can be revealing. Freud had a complex theory about just why, and modern cognitive psychology comes to the same conclusion via a different theoretical route. Thoughts are triggered along different pathways when a speech utterance begins to be generated, and sometimes -- especially when one is under stress -- a different thought than the one intended comes out.
Tonight, in his closing statement, Cheney meant to say something like "the next challenge for the president." What he said (before catching himself) was,"the next president..."
Next president? That would be John Kerry.
In his inner thoughts, Cheney expects to lose.

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