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Democratic unity on recall shatters
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| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Edited | User 13 Jul 30, 2003 01:37pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - San Francisco Chronicle |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The first significant crack in Democratic Party unity over the gubernatorial recall surfaced Tuesday, as two congressional Democrats publicly expressed doubts the party's unpopular Gov. Gray Davis can survive the October election -- and called on Sen. Dianne Feinstein to run.
Rep. Calvin Dooley, D-Hanford (Kings County), said a Feinstein candidacy would be "in the interests of the state . . . (and) in the interests of the party," while Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove, went even further -- suggesting she might run if Feinstein doesn't.
"It's a very high-risk strategy to place all your chips on a bet to defeat the recall, and . . . to rely on a slash-and-burn campaign that will further poison the political environment in California," Dooley said in a telephone interview from his home district Tuesday. "And if Davis succeeds, he's going to emerge as a wounded leader."
Sanchez, one of the state's most prominent Latino politicians, was in San Francisco Tuesday, and appeared to be seriously considering a campaign of her own.
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