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On the front page of the New York Times today are two dead Husseins, one Private Lynch and congressman Darrell Issa. The money man behind the Gray Davis recall jokes with Charlie LeDuff about the charges floating up out of his past:
But a blind quote from a GOP insider says Issa's days in the spotlight are numbered.
It's also in the Daily News (of L.A., not N.Y.)
The L.A. Times, meanwhile, surveyed the counties and found more than enough signatures already validated for the recall to go ahead. The counties will report to Sacramento by 5 p.m. today. Lt. Gov. Bustamante will act within 24 hours to set the election date -- but may try to separate the recall question from the who-replaces-Davis ballot. And Steve Lopez says the episode where some Democrats were caught talking about making the budget crisis worse was the most revealing outing since Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's home video.
front page only in west, not nationally
Posted by: nyNY at July 23, 2003 08:07 AMYes. The NYT website didn't make that distinction clear last night. Here in L.A. it's on the top left of the page where the mayor's story is in New York.
Posted by: Kevin Roderick at July 23, 2003 09:53 AM
of LA Observed
Did anyone other than maybe Issa himself ever consider him a viable candidate for governor?
Some say immigration -- lots of mostly poor, future Democrats -- is dooming the Republican party in California. One can see some logic there. If so, perhaps the only chance they have is to nominate a celebrity candidate like Schwarzenegger.
Which makes me wonder once again: Just what are the qualifications for these political offices? It seems there are none, and almost everyone thinks they can do the job.
Posted by: EH at July 23, 2003 02:11 AM