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Californians React to Recall Delay
Aired September 16, 2003 - 15:14 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.
CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SR. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Now that a federal appeals court has put the California recall on hold, what once what seemed like a sprint to the finish could turn into a long, drawn- out campaign, which begs the questions: Are Californians willing to pay attention in the long haul?
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CROWLEY (voice-over): Candidates and lawyers and strategists, oh, my. The possibility of a recall battle into next March has some Californians feeling trapped in Oz.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Even that you waste the news time on me about the election is ridiculous. We got people starving, people dying, people trying to get a good backgammon game in the middle of the afternoon. It's brutal.
CROWLEY: From the streets of San Francisco south to the boulevards Los Angeles, CNN picked up on a definite queasy feeling, recall reflux.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm ready for the circus to end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm exhausted from it. I just want the election to e over with.
CROWLEY: Not everybody is down in with the bug. Here in the home of Hollywood, this can be viewed as the ultimate in reality TV, hour-by-hour drama, a cross between "Survivor" and "24."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It will be exciting, because it's already been something to talk about and something that's just so absurd and ridiculous, that it might be cool to see what happens.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's a great process. I enjoy it. I'm not suffering. I think the state as a whole will suffer. But as far as going through what's going on, I think it's great.
CROWLEY: And whatever you do as you are asking around, do not bring up the subject of Florida here in the Golden State.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wasn't aware that people were comparing us to Florida. But it wasn't the California voters who brought this whole mess -into -- we all know how to fill out our ballot cards.
CROWLEY: But, dude, face it. This is California, iconoclastic, cutting-edge, laid-back California. Hate it or love it, they'll find a way to cope with the recall.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm still someone who is trying to get them to legalize marijuana, so that it will make it easier for me to get through that next six months. But if not, I will find a way just the same to get through that next six months.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CROWLEY: One more link between the recall and Florida's infamous hanging chads. The appeals court judges who ordered the delay invoked the Bush vs. Gore Supreme Court decision to help explain their reasoning.
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Aired September 16, 2003 - 15:14 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SR. POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Now that a federal appeals court has put the California recall on hold, what once what seemed like a sprint to the finish could turn into a long, drawn- out campaign, which begs the questions: Are Californians willing to pay attention in the long haul?
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CROWLEY (voice-over): Candidates and lawyers and strategists, oh, my. The possibility of a recall battle into next March has some Californians feeling trapped in Oz.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Even that you waste the news time on me about the election is ridiculous. We got people starving, people dying, people trying to get a good backgammon game in the middle of the afternoon. It's brutal.
CROWLEY: From the streets of San Francisco south to the boulevards Los Angeles, CNN picked up on a definite queasy feeling, recall reflux.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm ready for the circus to end.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm exhausted from it. I just want the election to e over with.
CROWLEY: Not everybody is down in with the bug. Here in the home of Hollywood, this can be viewed as the ultimate in reality TV, hour-by-hour drama, a cross between "Survivor" and "24."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It will be exciting, because it's already been something to talk about and something that's just so absurd and ridiculous, that it might be cool to see what happens.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it's a great process. I enjoy it. I'm not suffering. I think the state as a whole will suffer. But as far as going through what's going on, I think it's great.
CROWLEY: And whatever you do as you are asking around, do not bring up the subject of Florida here in the Golden State.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wasn't aware that people were comparing us to Florida. But it wasn't the California voters who brought this whole mess -into -- we all know how to fill out our ballot cards.
CROWLEY: But, dude, face it. This is California, iconoclastic, cutting-edge, laid-back California. Hate it or love it, they'll find a way to cope with the recall.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm still someone who is trying to get them to legalize marijuana, so that it will make it easier for me to get through that next six months. But if not, I will find a way just the same to get through that next six months.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
CROWLEY: One more link between the recall and Florida's infamous hanging chads. The appeals court judges who ordered the delay invoked the Bush vs. Gore Supreme Court decision to help explain their reasoning.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
