Breaking! Darrell Issa won't run!!

[Sub Atomic]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/

nothing more yet.

[mark0rama]

1. Just heard it on NPR

His Web site isn't updated yet, but that's not unusual.

Must have decided he didn't want to share the spotlight with Ahnuld.

[SoCalDem]

2. you rascal.. beat me by one minute

:P

MSRNC said he was choking back tears..hahahahahaha

Rove called him this am and said.. Darrel, you're done.. :)

[Sub Atomic]

4. haha!!

poor baby.

i wonder if the repubs will reimburse him for all of the money he's spent to get the recall vote?

[Zero Gravitas]

8. nah

They use 'em up then spit 'em out. They don't care about anyone bu t themselves.

Serves him right for being a right wing pig.

[Fridays Child]

34. Maybe he'll flip.

But he'd better stay out of light aircraft, if he does.

[catzies]

29. I'll bet that's exactly what happened! Rove called him.

There is no doubt in my mind the White House is completely in the loop on al this, and it started 2 years ago with the energy debacle.

These people (BFEE) waited 30 years for all this to come together and if Calif. and our electoral votes go to the Dark Side, all is lost.

[BOSSHOG]

3. That Issa closet must have some more stuff in it

Darrell thought only liberals were subject to scrutiny. Too bad bitch.

[mark0rama]

6. I'm sorely disappointed

I was getting ready to make some bogus ads for him using graphics from the "Grand Theft Auto" game series.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

5. Thank GOD!! Now all that is needed is for Rove to call Simon

[SoCalDem]

18. Bite Your Tongue...

We NEED simon to run.. Simon & arnold splits the repube vote..:)

[4_Legs_Good]

22. But remember that Simon beat Rierdon

in the Repub primary.

Davis's polls are in the mid 20's now, if he's recalled, and that's likely, and the repub vote goes as it did in the 2002 primary and we get stuck with Simon we're hosed, utterly. I'd take the spouse of a Kennedy any day over a right-wing wack job.

david

Kucinich 2004

[SoCalDem]

30. Simon, McClintock & Ahhhnold works for us

The rich repubes will go for McClintock or Ahh...and the fundies will hook up with simon..

If we can manage to only have bustamante on the ballot, and people get the message that all they really need to do is VOTE NO..we can win this:)

[pinniped]

7. Just heard it on KPIX but couldn't find a link.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more weirder.

[Guaranteed]

9. They're trying to whittle down the Republicans...

They don't want them splitting the vote......

[David__77]

10. McClintock will...

Issa has no natural constituency.

[joeybee12]

12. Bad News

The Repuke field is narrowing, and the Dem field is growing. The Repukes couldn't have wisehd for anything better. Helps when the Dems are spineless.

[ewagner]

14. and no brains

This poor dumb sob was used and thrown away.....

HA! more Republican family values!

[CMT]

11. NOT GOOD

the more repukes in the race the better especially with the Democratic Lt. Governor and Insurance Commissioner both getting into the race. Once again the Dems will play it poorly and it will backfire in our faces.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Unbelievable!

He'll hurl himself off a cliff, no doubt!

I think SoCalDem is probably right. His past caught up with him, when he least expected it!

Thank you, dweeb!

Curiouser, and curiouser. :crazy: :silly:

[catmandu57]

15. He's the asshole responsible

for all this bullshit in the first place isn't he?

[4_Legs_Good]

20. He sure is, and it's kinda poetic justice

that he forked over $1.5M or so to fund Arnie's campaign for Gubinator.

Heh heh heh.

How'd he get to be so rich with such bad business sense?

Oh, right, stealing cars.

david

Kucinich 2004

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. Not entirely

He did not start the Recall. But he provide a lot of its financial support once it got off of the ground.

[Sub Atomic]

16. More!!

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/recall/20030807-1138-davisrecall.html

SAN DIEGO – Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, who helped bankroll the Davis recall effort, says he's decided NOT to run for governor of California.

He said he could not leave behind his work in Congress, where he could continue to work for ``uniting the people of the Middle East.''

.more.


hahahahahahahhahah!!!!!!

[webtrainer]

28. another ripug "uniter, not a divider"

LOL

:crazy:

[4_Legs_Good]

17. w00t!

I'm glad to hear it.

So McClintock and Simon are the only two left that we *really* have to worry about?

You know the radical Christian Right (Heretical Christian Pretenders as I like to call them) will all be out in droves for this one, and I don't think they'll be voting for Arnold. This will be the largest chance for upset here - the same guys who got Simon nominated instead of Rierdon.

I think I could live with Arnold as Gubinator, but Simon would be another Reagan. If we can get the Worst-case-scenario to be Arnold (or Rierdon), we can all breathe a sigh of relief, I think.

david

[catzies]

33. McClintock's been a thorn in our side faround here or years.

Unfortunately, I'm in his district. I have an idiot for an assemblyman, a turd for a state senator and a complete tool for a congressman.

edit spelling

[Swede]

19. Did you see him weeping like the puss he is

It did my heart good.

[buff2]

26. A true REPUKE

If I ever saw one! He got ripped off of over a million bucks......spends all that money only to be forced out.....now to get rid of the rest of those jerk-offs! Whining crying power hungry greedy wimp ass repukes. How could it get any better? It's showing them for what they really are. I LOVE it! :evilgrin:

[JNelson6563]

36. haha seen this play before

Cromwell (not Oliver, his grandfather I believe, Thomas) was Henry VIII's henchman. Did the dirty work. Investigated convents, monestaries etc. for "bad behavior". Sent many a "heretic" to the gallows. Word is he cried like a baby on his way to meet the ax.

Gotta love poetic justice, so timeless....

Julie

[jos]

21. If Simon and Riordan

also stay out, you can probably say hello to Governor Ahnuld, even with all his sexcapades.

[buff2]

23. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

What goes around,comes around,huh Issa??? LOL!

[realFedUp]

24. Issagoner

Don't cry for me California......

good thing that isn't a money back guarantee for mr.autoalarm.

[SoCalDem]

31. "Don't cry for me California"..Brilliant..

Poor widdle Evita Issa...hahahahahaha

[CSI Willows]

27. Just heard it on MSNBC

I saw a clip of him and his 'tearful' descision. God, I am sooo happy! But it makes him such a hypocrite, after all, he started this whole thing, he financed it, and he wanted to run. But I am absolutely gleeful he's not running!

[Drifter]

32. Should we expect him to get ...

cushy post in the corrupt WH administration. Obviously for stepping aside and not challenging the name-recognition candidate.

I am not convinced that Arnold can win. I'm not convinced that Davis will be recalled. So they got a couple million signatures out 31 million registered voters. At best, that is 1 in 15 registered voters, who feel strongly enough about a recall to sign the petition. In order to actually recall Davis more people have to vote YES for recall, than vote NO for recall. I think that still puts the recall way out of reach. Like any election, voter turnout will be the key to defeating the recall.

I'm sure there are way more Republicans than that in California so the recall petition numbers actually indicates to me that the recall will not stand. The only people that can allow this recall to succeed are the Democrats. If the Democrats are on the recall bandwagon with the Repukes, then there might be a chance for it to succeed. I personally don't buy it.

I would like to think that the Dems/Libs/Progs in California outnumber the knuckle dragging Repukes.

Lets hope that in the next 2 months, Davis can open the eyes of Californians to the fact that their budget woes were caused by the misguided policies of the White House, and the Repukes who gave Enron a free pass to minipulate the energy markets.

Cheers
Drifter

[dansolo]

38. No job for Issa

Issa was chewed up and spit out. He is roadkill to the Repubs. That's why he was blubbering like a baby today.

[Catherine Vincent]

35. A lot of Duers are happy but

did any of you think that Issa put in a lot of money to this because the repukes told him to? It wouldn't surprise me if Karl Rove was in this from the beginning. He got Issa to do this to lure Arnold and then Issa drops out. Oh, I'm sure Issa will get his reward in the near future.

What do you guys think?

[Democat]

37. It has been suggested by some since the start

Issa was unpopular since birth. He doesn't lose anything by being the face behind the recall. It gives Arnorld or Riordan cover to run and save the state from both Davis and Issa and the Republicans take over the state so Bush can win in 2004. Don't doubt it.

[sungkathak]

39. That's their tactic

He pulled out to give his votes to Arnold.

Republican's tactic is very clear. Let someone give the money for recall. The one who started the recall is always a dislike of people. So they choose Issa.

The candidate will be Arnold. Because of his population. But Arnolds is only an actor and has no experience of a politician. So he is only a patsy of Republican. Under his name, Republican can grasp many important posts include election office. Something took place in Minnisota where the governor is an athelete.(Ventura?) Demo lost Senator's election after Wellstone's death. Even for the sympathetic effection, or for the fame of Mondale, Demo shouldn't lost in 2002. But it's not their governor, and they don't control election office. Those who control intelligence was easy to get a vote result favorable to them like what happened in Florida.

[warrior1]

40. idiot

That fucking asshole loser whiney baby. And you wanted to be California's Governor. What a shitbucket. I hope you choke on that $1.7 million dollars you spent. What a girly man.