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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, 2008
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STATIONS NOTE!!!: GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER RESPONDED TO TWO QUESTIONS REGARDING HIS PROPOSED TAX INCREASES AND PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING CUTS TO BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET DURING TODAY'S PROPOSITION 11 RALLY AT THE CAPITOL. THOSE SOUNDBITES ARE INCLUDED AT THE END OF THE FIRST STORY.
1. GOV STUMPS FOR PROP 11 VO/SOT
2. CONTESTED DISTRICTS VO/SOT
3. NINTH CIRCUIT VIDEO GAMES VO/SOT
4. CARB IS GROWING VO/SOT
5. AMY TOMA SOUNDBITES ON PROPOSITION 10 REQUEST
2. CONTESTED DISTRICTS VO/SOT
LIVE:
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS SAY VOTER TURNOUT FOR BARACK OBAMA WILL ALSO CARRY MORE DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS INTO THE STATE LEGISLATURE. TWO MORE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND SIX MORE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS WOULD GIVE THEM THE TWO THIRDS MAJORITIES THEY NEED TO PASS BUDGETS AND RAISE TAXES REGARDLESS OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER OPPOSITION.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:25)
EVEN THOUGH CALIFORNIA'S CURRENT DISTRICTS HEAVILY FAVOR CANDIDATES FROM THE INCUMBENT MEMBER'S PARTY, THE DISTRICT LINES WERE DRAWN IN 2001. SINCE THEN, POPULATION SHIFTS HAVE LED TO MORE DEMOCRATIC-REGISTERED VOTERS IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS. A DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT SAYS HIS PARTY HAS TARGETED TWO SENATE AND SEVEN ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS THEY SAY MAY GO DEMOCRATIC.
SUPER: BOB MULHOLLAND/ CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SOT: (:18)
SAYS: "CALIFORNIA'S ONE OF THREE STATES THAT REQUIRES TWO THIRDS FOR A BUDGET. CONGRESS DOESN'T REQUIRE IT, 47 STATES DON'T, IT'S A OLD ANTIQUATED SYSTEM THAT BASICALLY MEANS GRIDLOCK. YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON DRIVES A CAR, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE A SIMPLE MAJORITY DRIVE TO BUDGET. SO ARE WE GOING TO GET TWO-THIRDS? WE VERY WELL MAY IN THE ASSEMBLY."
SUPER: HECTOR BARAJAS/CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
SOT: (:09)
SAYS: "THERE IS A LOT INVOLVED HERE AS FAR AS THE TWO-THIRDS VOTE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOULD BE ABLE TO GAIN. REPUBLICAN PARTY THIS YEAR HAS HAD A GREAT FUND RAISING YEAR, WE HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN A OF THESE DISTRICTS."
VO TAG:
STATE G-O-P COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR HECTOR BARAJAS SAYS HIS PARTY COUNTS ON VOTER TURNOUT, AND THAT REPUBLICANS HISTORICALLY VOTE IN HIGHER PERCENTAGES THAN DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. HE SAYS OBAMA WILL DRIVE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS TO THE POLLS, BUT THAT BALLOT MEASURES, SUCH AS THE PROPOSED BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ARE ATTRACTING CONSERVATIVE VOTERS.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: BOB MULHOLLAND/ CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SOT: (:15)
SAYS: "WE GOT A WINNER FOR BARACK OBAMA. IT'S GOING TO BE AN 80-PERCENT TURNOUT. IT'S GOING TO BE THE HIGHEST TURNOUT IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1976, SO I THINK DEMOCRATS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, SO WE DON'T EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS"
SUPER: HECTOR BARAJAS/CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
SOT: (0:18)
SAYS: "IN A YEAR WHERE THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE RUNNING THE TABLE ON THE REPUBLICAN, YOU KNOW WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN A LOT OF THESE SEATS. WE HAVE SEEN SHIFTS IN REGISTRATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO OUR SEATS, AND IN ADDITION, POSSIBLY PICK UP ONE, WHICH IS THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 30TH, WHICH IS THE SEAT CURRENTLY HELD BY NICOLE PARRA, WHERE WE SEEM TO BE OUTPOLLING OUR OPPONENT RIGHT NOW."
