Word: copout
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...underqualified actor with an overinflated ego, may be the state's next Governor but that the recall election is happening at all [Aug. 18-25]. Both political parties have abdicated their responsibility to come up with tough solutions to the state's budget deficit, opting instead for the political copout of recalling Gray Davis. A recall is supposed to be an emergency measure to allow voters to remove corrupt officials. In California it is being subverted to remove an unpopular Governor. I fear this precedent may cause recalls in other states and have a paralyzing effect on the ability...