Todd Harris
Todd Harris
Todd Harris is a play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports and the NBC Sports Network...
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This campaign is going to offer voters a choice between real reform and moving the state forward or the status quo and more of the same old broken system. I am confident that come Election Day, Californians will be voting for reform.
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Coach, I know you get second-guessed all week long. How come you didn't go with anything when you have two time-outs left in the half?
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Compared to others in the recall campaign, we were like choir boys.
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This is an all hands on deck struggle for reform. We need every reform minded-supporter pounding the pavement.
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Our internal data paints a very different picture, ... We also continue to believe that Gov. Schwarzenegger is our best messenger for the reform message and that is evidenced by the fact that we have him playing a prominent role on TV ads.
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He has stated all along that he will do everything he can for the Republican Party and for Bush, but he will not help to raise soft money.
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Californians are not happy with the way things are in Sacramento, which bodes well for whichever side is campaigning for change. Given the political environment, I would not want my campaign message to be, 'Let's leave things exactly the way they are,' which is what our opponents' message will to be.
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If people are happy with the way things are running in Sacramento, they should vote 'no' across the board. But if they want to send a message that business as usual ain't going to cut it anymore, then they should vote 'yes' on all four of these measures.
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I don't put any stock in any of this. Right now, the public is only hearing one voice on TV, which is the voice of the special interests who are opposed to the governor's reforms.
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If he wants to shadow us around the state, telling people the Legislature are heroes, then I'll pay his gas money.
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I'm not going to put any stock in a poll that asks voters what they think of a hypothetical ballot matchup that is 14 months and three statewide campaigns away. We've got to get through the special election, the Democratic primary and then a hypothetical general election.
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The union bosses who control the teachers are like a bunch of teenagers with credits cards. They've simply run all around the state charging up massive debts, massive obligations.
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The union bosses have spent all year saying this is an election about nothing. It provides no motivation at all for their base to turn out and vote on Election Day.
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All of these union bosses are terrified that the governor's reforms are going to take power and influence out of Sacramento and give it back to the people of California, ... The debate over the special election is a simple one - vote yes on the governor's reforms if you want real change, vote no if you are happy with the way things are.