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April 25, 2003

Issa: Is he or isn't he?

Congressman Darrell Issa doesn't seem to know whether or not he is going to help finance the Davis recall effort and run to replace the governor if the recall qualifies. The Vista Republican and former U.S. Senate candidate told the Sacramento Bee in Thursday's editions that he was inclined to do both. On Friday, he was quoted in the Oakland Trib saying he would finance the effort indirectly and figured he was qualified to replace Davis. But he told his hometown paper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, that he didn't intend to "write a check" to help finance the recall and he hadn't decided yet whether he would run. Democrats aren't going to wait for Issa to make up his mind. Party operative Bob Mulholland has already begun circulating a dossier reminding reporters of legal problems and other blemishes in Issa's less than spotless past.