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- <title>
- Nov. 18, 1991: The Guv's Presidential Hopes Hurt Him
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Nov. 18, 1991 California:The Endangered Dream
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- CALIFORNIA GRAPEVINE, Page 21
- The Guv's Presidential Hopes Hurt Him At Home
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- <p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
- </p>
- <p> Why did Governor PETE WILSON say he would "very likely"
- sign California's gay-rights bill, only to veto it five months
- later? Presidential ambition. Savvy politicos noted that as soon
- as Wilson won the close-fought gubernatorial campaign a year
- ago, he began setting his sights on a 1996 bid. But when the
- bill outlawing job discrimination against gays landed on
- Wilson's desk, top GOP strategists warned him that he would lose
- conservative support if he signed it. Maybe they were right. But
- because of his performance on this and other issues, recent
- polls show that Wilson's voter-approval ratings are the lowest
- of any California Governor in 25 years. By this time next year,
- Wilson may be running hard to recapture the statehouse instead
- of dreaming of the White House.
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- </body></article>
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