Kemp Possible Candidate in Calif. Recall

[kskiska]

NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Kemp, the Republican vice presidential nominee in 1996, emerged Thursday as a possible candidate on the Oct. 7 ballot to recall California Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.

Several of his supporters called Kemp on Thursday urging him to put his name on the ballot, according to three GOP officials with ties to the former Housing and Urban Development secretary. After one of the calls, Kemp chuckled and told an associate, ``Oh, my God.''

The associates said Kemp was flattered by the requests, but it was unclear how seriously he was considering the race. At least one senior Republican official close to Kemp began seeking advice from friends in GOP circles in case Kemp decides to run.

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Kemp, 68, is a founder of Empower America, a Washington-based conservative think tank. He served 18 years in the House as a congressman from western New York and was housing secretary in the first Bush administration. He is known as a moderate on social issues with a tax-cutting philosophy that appeals to the party's conservative base.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2949130,00.html

[Devlzown]

1. I remember how my relatives used to

poke fun at the Kennedy's for jumping from state to state in order to win political races. I'm sure they weren't the first family to do this, but it seems today that that sort of thing is more common ( a la the Bushes, Doles, Clintons). I, too, find it distasteful to change your state of residence for political gain -- although I'm not exactly sure why. Anyone else out there feel this way?

[Melsky]

3. I find it distasteful too

How the hell can you be the gov. of a state you don't live in? Would he be a carpetbagger then?

I feel like all these rethugs are vultures circling a dying man. Who may very well recover.

[grytpype]

2. Hey, why the fuck not?

The more Repugs there are, the more their vote is divided. I'd like to see David Duke in that race, and the corpse of John Wayne.

[undergroundrailroad]

4. I was just watching the West Coast/ABC Local News.

Apparently all it takes to run for Gov. of CA is a petition, some paperwork and a check. On the local news, I saw a resident of CA saying he is going to run because one day his grandchildren can look back and say see, my grandfather was a candidate for the Governor's race of CA.

So all it takes to run the state of CA is grandfather "wisdom".

"Sleepless" in New York.



Undergroundrailroad

[VolcanoJen]

5. Dupe... locking

Although the original thread links to a Drudge story, let's keep our discussion about Jack Kemp's possible candidacy consolidated in that thread.

kskiska, it would be very helpful if you would post your link to the more trustworthy Guardian story in the other thread, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=32945&mesg_id=32945&listing_type=search

Thanks,
VolcanoJen
DU Moderator