Second-term Rep. Issa (R-Cal.), former chmn. of CEA, said Wed. he...
Second-term Rep. Issa (R-Cal.), former chmn. of CEA, said Wed. he personally would spearhead effort to recall Cal. Gov. Gray Davis (D). Issa long has been rumored as potential candidate to run for governor if recall effort against Davis…
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is successful. But he told The Sacramento Bee he realized recall effort wasn’t very well organized, “and that if I waited, hoping that someday, someone was going to do it, it wasn’t going to get done.” Issa ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 1998, spending nearly $10 million, and some thought he might challenge Sen. Boxer (D) again next year; she’s on Republicans’ short list of targeted senators. Issa acknowledged most people were focusing on him in Senate race “but I think for the people of California this is more important,” he said of recall effort. The Bee said recall group had collected 61,287 signatures for recall of Davis, far short of 900,000 needed by Sept. to hold election. There appeared to be fertile ground for recall, recent Field poll showing Davis at 24% approval rating, lowest for Cal. governor since 1960s, and nearly half of those polled said they would support recall if it made ballot. Issa said he hoped to raise $200,000 in next 2 weeks for effort, and wouldn’t rule out using some of his fortune from his car-alarm company. Another potential Republican candidate for governor or senator is actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.