Mark DiCamillo
Mark DiCamillo
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Clearly, he's in a vulnerable category. His core is sticking with him -- and just about everyone else isn't.
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slipping ... and it's the direction of the change that is more revealing than the actual numbers themselves.
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at this stage are still inclined to vote for it.
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If the opponents keep hammering away on that, it's hard to imagine a scenario where this thing turns around.
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Changes in the economy are relatively slow to hit the man in the street.
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If he granted clemency, I would say, it would be a very divisive opinion. Large segments of the public would take him to task.
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Generally speaking, Californians tend to be more open to allowing an individual to make a decision rather than having something prohibited through government fiat.
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In late 1993, (Wilson) was at 31 percent, which is even lower than the governor's numbers today, ... He went on to win by 10 points in 1994. There was a lot of grumbling about Pete Wilson, but he was able to distinguish himself from (Democratic candidate) Kathleen Brown, latched onto illegal immigration as an issue and it propelled him to victory. The quality of the campaign, the way candidates raise the salience of issues - all those things matter.
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This is a group that supports very basic government services like education and health care, and they see him as someone who was talking about cutting them back.
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The level of concern has declined, especially compared to a decade ago. And the concern about the loss of jobs, we are definitely correlating to the unemployment rate.
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The last time we were this anxious about the future it preceded a few years of recession. The warning flag is out. . . . A couple years of this would lead to some economic consequences that would be easy to spot in the economy.