Fall recall appears to be certain
July 22, 2003
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you run and you win: what have you won?" said South. "You get no transition period. You take over a staff appointed by Gray Davis. There are seven constitutional officers who are Democratic -- all of whom can investigate you, audit you and have press conferences on the steps of the Capitol against you. The budget deficit doesn't go away. Not one more job is created. It doesn't bring the economy back. It doesn't pay back the millions you've lost in homeland security.
"Except now the gum isn't on Gray Davis' shoes -- it's on yours," he said. "The highlight of your career will be the day you are elected. It will be all downhill from there."
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