Today's final rundown/script

SOT: (:22)

SAYS: "YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT. MY FOCUS IS THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS IS. I'M GOING TO CAMPAIGN, I'M GOING 'TIL JUNE 3RD, AND I WILL LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE. AND UH, IT'S BEEN VERY HUMBLING TO SEE SO MUCH SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. I THINK PEOPLE REALIZE AND CERTAINLY HAVE READ NOW THAT UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT UH, DON PERATA WAS TRYING TO LAUNCH FROM THE BAY AREA, AND BRINGING IN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF MY DISTRICT."

SUPER: SUPER: RON NEHRING/STATE GOP CHAIRMAN

SOT: (:21)

SAYS: "THIS IS CLEARLY AN ATTEMPT AT A POWER GRAB AND A, AND A SERIOUS ABUSE OF THE PROCESS OF THE RECALL PROCESS. YOU HAVE A STATE LEGISLATOR WHO DID THE RIGHT THING IN STANDING UP FOR A BALANCED BUDGET, AGAINST A TAX INCREASE, LOOKING OUT FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS, AND IT'S AN ABUSE OF THE PROCESS TO TRY TO TARGET SOMEONE TO TRY TO REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE FOR STANDING UP FOR UH. FOR THE FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT."

SOT: (:15)

SAYS: "THIS DIDN'T COME FROM THE DISTRICT. EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT THIS WAS I AN INSIDE THE CAPITOL GAME, IT WAS PART OF A GAME TO TRY TO ABUSE THE POW, UH, THE PROCESS TO TRY TO HAVE A POWER GRAB SO THAT THEY COULD GET TWO-THIRDS VOTE TO RAISE TAXES, THERE WAS NO SUPPORT FROM THIS WITHIN THE DISTRICT."

Soundbites from yesterday's media availability with Perata:

SUPER: THURSDAY/STATE CAPITOL

SENATOR DON PERATA/D-OAKLAND

SOT: (:21)

SAYS: "I AM ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT I HAVE UH, WITHDRAWN THE RECALL, OR AT LEAST I'M NOT PURSUING THE RECALL, UM, I'LL ANSWER THE MAYBE THE OBVIOUS QUESTION , THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO, I DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING, I JUST TOLD THEN THAT UH, I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT UH, THIS KIND OF POLITICS CAST AGAINST THE HUGE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE STATE MADE LOT OF SENSE."

SOT: (:33)

REPORTER: "YOU SPENT 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN ADS TO TRASH THE GUY, SO HOW, AH, SO THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE OUT THERE. SO YOU CAN SAY ONE THING, BUT"

SAYS: "YOU WANT TO BET ON THE OUTCOME OF A CAMPAIGN? IT'S LIKE THE TREE FALLING IN THE FOREST AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE. IF THERE IS NO CAMPAIGN FOUR WEEKS BEFORE AN ELECTION, UH, AND A CONTROVERSIAL MATTER, I THINK JEFF WILL DO FINE. AND I, WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE OUTCOME, I HAVE SAID, I'M PULLING THE PLUG, WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER, THAT'S MY MANTRA, THAT'S MY POSITION."

REPORTER: "DOES THAT MEAN NO ADS WILL GO ON THE AIR?"