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Battle for California: Recall Madness
Aired October 01, 2003 - 07:52 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.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: It's a state where the voters, at least some of them, are saying enough is enough.
Kelly Wallace takes a little closer look at this thing.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bring it on, says this fixture on the Venice Beach Boardwalk about all the hoopla surrounding the California recall.
HARRY PERRY, VENICE BEACH ENTERTAINER: It's great fun, man. This place gets too boring.
WALLACE: It's certainly not dull. Everywhere you turn, it's all recall all the time.
AL RANTEL, KABC TALK RADIO: We are one week away from the big recall.
WALLACE: Even the national newscasts are spending more time on California than on the race for the White House. And the candidates? Well, they are getting nasty in those ads.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He ducks tough questions.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Gray Davis has mismanaged...
WALLACE: Who's listening? Not this woman, a Democrat living in San Francisco.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I hit the mute button on the television, pay no attention whatsoever.
WALLACE: This man, a Republican, says he's got mixed feelings about the ad blitz.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Part tune out, part listen, part interest, part frustration.
WALLACE: Back in Venice on Muscle Beach, you might expect most to be pumped up with a former bodybuilder in the race. There are some signs of that, but also sentiments like these:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The whole recall thing is kind of (EXPLETIVE DELETED).
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It just makes a mockery of the whole system.
WALLACE: But 36-year-old Richard backs the recall and Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can't think of anybody I'd rather have as governor than some cool dude like Arnold.
WALLACE: However, Richard is not a registered voter, which leads us to wonder how many people will actually vote, especially as it turns more and more into a rough and tumble race?
(on camera): Anyone else going to vote next week?
(voice-over): With voter turnout a question mark, the only certainty perhaps...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have new energy. I love that. Spice up the planet.
WALLACE: The recall will be spicing up California and national politics for at least one more week.
Kelly Wallace, CNN, Venice Beach, California.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired October 1, 2003 - 07:52 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: It's a state where the voters, at least some of them, are saying enough is enough.
Kelly Wallace takes a little closer look at this thing.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KELLY WALLACE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Bring it on, says this fixture on the Venice Beach Boardwalk about all the hoopla surrounding the California recall.
HARRY PERRY, VENICE BEACH ENTERTAINER: It's great fun, man. This place gets too boring.
WALLACE: It's certainly not dull. Everywhere you turn, it's all recall all the time.
AL RANTEL, KABC TALK RADIO: We are one week away from the big recall.
WALLACE: Even the national newscasts are spending more time on California than on the race for the White House. And the candidates? Well, they are getting nasty in those ads.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He ducks tough questions.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Gray Davis has mismanaged...
WALLACE: Who's listening? Not this woman, a Democrat living in San Francisco.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I hit the mute button on the television, pay no attention whatsoever.
WALLACE: This man, a Republican, says he's got mixed feelings about the ad blitz.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Part tune out, part listen, part interest, part frustration.
WALLACE: Back in Venice on Muscle Beach, you might expect most to be pumped up with a former bodybuilder in the race. There are some signs of that, but also sentiments like these:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The whole recall thing is kind of (EXPLETIVE DELETED).
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It just makes a mockery of the whole system.
WALLACE: But 36-year-old Richard backs the recall and Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can't think of anybody I'd rather have as governor than some cool dude like Arnold.
WALLACE: However, Richard is not a registered voter, which leads us to wonder how many people will actually vote, especially as it turns more and more into a rough and tumble race?
(on camera): Anyone else going to vote next week?
(voice-over): With voter turnout a question mark, the only certainty perhaps...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have new energy. I love that. Spice up the planet.
WALLACE: The recall will be spicing up California and national politics for at least one more week.
Kelly Wallace, CNN, Venice Beach, California.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
