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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewsom: In just ONE WEEK ballots will arrive in the mail. Vote NO on the Republican led recall
Climate change.
Abortion access.
Gun violence prevention.
Our ability to fight COVID.
Its all on the line.
In just ONE WEEK ballots will arrive in the mail.
Vote NO on the Republican led recall by September 14.
Theres too much at stake to sit this out.
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chowder66
(9,068 posts)Im voting and mailing it in the day I get it.
AllaN01Bear
(18,201 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,201 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)With a Republican governor, the right to vote will be curtailed.
krawhitham
(4,644 posts)leftstreet
(36,108 posts)That's the first I've seen that. Wow
LenaBaby61
(6,974 posts)This is why they had no back-up plan.
"....The California Democratic Party is openly discouraging other candidates from entering the race, and Newsom has reinforcements in Washington.
The Democratic Governors Association last week gave Newsom his single largest donation, $500,000, signaling its commitment. And President Joe Bidens White House has several officials close to Newsom, including Vice President Kamala Harris, who shares some political advisers with Newsom and served as San Francisco district attorney while Newsom was the citys mayor.
Democrats in California and across the country are united against this partisan Republican recall, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said in a statement. As governor, Gavin Newsom fights for Californians every single day.
Among prominent Democrats, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer are rumored to be considering a run, but neither appear to have taken concrete steps.
At this point, any Democrat who jumps in would be doing it more for their own ego than for the state of California, said David Atkins, one of Californias Democratic National Committee members.
Theres still plenty of time, with the election expected to be scheduled for sometime in November or October and the deadline for candidates to enter 60 days before that.
Christine Pelosi, another Democratic National Committee member and the daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said there are more Democrats who quietly signed the recall petition against Newsom than his campaigns rhetoric would suggest.
But she said even with his detractors, theres no better alternative out there and anyone who tried to run as a backstop would likely be dismissed as an opportunist. Instead, she said, Newsom and other Democrats are better off just trying to do a good job before the election.
The best insurance policy is good policy, she said..."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/california-s-recall-democrats-would-rather-not-have-backup-plan-n1268182