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CNN Live At Daybreak
Recall Election Less Than Week Away
Aired October 01, 2003 - 05:09 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now for your daily dose of California politics. With the recall election less than a week away, time is not on the side of the incumbent.
CNN's Candy Crowley checks the latest momentum swing.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The second poll in three days with the same message -- this man is headed in the wrong direction. Fifty-six percent of likely voters polled by the "Los Angeles Times" favor the recall of Governor Gray Davis, a six point anti-Davis turn from the paper's poll less than three weeks ago.
Arnold Schwarzenegger leads the pack of possible replacements with 40 percent. That's a 15 point jump for him. And one of the reasons this woman says she's no longer a candidate.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON (I), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE: I'm pulling out and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall, because I've realized that that's the only way now to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE: Interesting. Very interesting. It's too bad that she's dropping out. She brought a lot of color and a lot of excitement to the whole process.
CROWLEY: Hard to know if this means a thing. Huffington's support came in at less than one percent. But any court in a storm, welcome aboard, Arianna.
GOV. GRAY DAVIS (D), CALIFORNIA: I think Arianna Huffington has brought some wisdom and some clarity to the second question on this ballot.
CROWLEY: But the second question won't matter if Davis loses his job in the first question.
DAVIS: Hi, Doris. This is Governor Davis. How are you doing?
CROWLEY: The governor of California has six days to stop his time from running out.
DAVIS: I want to have the opportunity to serve out the term that you elected me to and help make things better for all Californians. I'm the governor of California, Gray Davis. CROWLEY: Otherwise, it was a pretty good event. Davis, dropping by a phone bank set up by organized labor, courted the party faithful, calling in yet another national Democrat to stir the resentments of 2000.
DAVIS: We've got to make sure that we stop them next week, that we vote no on the recall and we send a message all over this country that we are tired of their power grabs. We know what they did to us in Florida.
Thank you so much for coming.
CROWLEY: The governor is spending his last week in all the natural habitats of a Democrat -- minorities, senior, labor. It is get out the vote time because time is running out.
Candy Crowley, CNN, Los Angeles.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: And be sure to take a look at our special report on the California race at cnn.com/recall. AOL keyword, of course, CNN.
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Aired October 1, 2003 - 05:09 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now for your daily dose of California politics. With the recall election less than a week away, time is not on the side of the incumbent.
CNN's Candy Crowley checks the latest momentum swing.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The second poll in three days with the same message -- this man is headed in the wrong direction. Fifty-six percent of likely voters polled by the "Los Angeles Times" favor the recall of Governor Gray Davis, a six point anti-Davis turn from the paper's poll less than three weeks ago.
Arnold Schwarzenegger leads the pack of possible replacements with 40 percent. That's a 15 point jump for him. And one of the reasons this woman says she's no longer a candidate.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON (I), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE: I'm pulling out and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over the next week working to defeat the recall, because I've realized that that's the only way now to defeat Arnold Schwarzenegger.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR CANDIDATE: Interesting. Very interesting. It's too bad that she's dropping out. She brought a lot of color and a lot of excitement to the whole process.
CROWLEY: Hard to know if this means a thing. Huffington's support came in at less than one percent. But any court in a storm, welcome aboard, Arianna.
GOV. GRAY DAVIS (D), CALIFORNIA: I think Arianna Huffington has brought some wisdom and some clarity to the second question on this ballot.
CROWLEY: But the second question won't matter if Davis loses his job in the first question.
DAVIS: Hi, Doris. This is Governor Davis. How are you doing?
CROWLEY: The governor of California has six days to stop his time from running out.
DAVIS: I want to have the opportunity to serve out the term that you elected me to and help make things better for all Californians. I'm the governor of California, Gray Davis. CROWLEY: Otherwise, it was a pretty good event. Davis, dropping by a phone bank set up by organized labor, courted the party faithful, calling in yet another national Democrat to stir the resentments of 2000.
DAVIS: We've got to make sure that we stop them next week, that we vote no on the recall and we send a message all over this country that we are tired of their power grabs. We know what they did to us in Florida.
Thank you so much for coming.
CROWLEY: The governor is spending his last week in all the natural habitats of a Democrat -- minorities, senior, labor. It is get out the vote time because time is running out.
Candy Crowley, CNN, Los Angeles.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COSTELLO: And be sure to take a look at our special report on the California race at cnn.com/recall. AOL keyword, of course, CNN.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
