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Criticism, and your thoughts on that race, sir? is. >> well, i won't get involved in that race, alex. the democrats will vote against him and the republicans for him. i do want to say this in the west, there are a lot of states with the initiative process. we have never trusted politicians, and that is a common feeling around america today. when you are in politics in the west, you understand that referendum and recall is part of the process. did i like getting recalled? no. in difficult times when you ask people to make difficult decisions, voters should not be surprised, but particularly whe...

Companies spend over $500 million a year to raise questions if voters are in control over a process that is meant to give them more process. joining now to talk about ballot initiatives is former california governor gray davis. >> hello, alex. >> my first question before we get into the substance of prop 39, is the controversial efforts are put in there to gin up the bases. and given your time in the state, what do you make of the efforts like prop 29? h. >> well, both sides try to do that and try to get the voters to come out in the general election, and sometimes the primary, and sometimes i...

Policies that minimize reliance on fossil fuel. >> is it less governorable now in california than it used to be? >> no. it's different, but i think it actually will be more governorable, and one thing we have in california that you don't have in the united states government, we can appeal to the people through the initiative process, so when we have a breakdown of the two parties we go directly to the people as the tie breaker. >> i want to underscore, governor brewer, you are endorsing governor romney for the presidency nomination, and you think he will wrap up the nomination by super tuesday...

Policies that minimize reliance on fossil fuel. >> is it less governorable now in california than it used to be? >> no. it's different, but i think it actually will be more governorable, and one thing we have in california that you don't have in the united states government, we can appeal to the people through the initiative process, so when we have a breakdown of the two parties we go directly to the people as the tie breaker. >> i want to underscore, governor brewer, you are endorsing governor romney for the presidency nomination, and you think he will wrap up the nomination by super tuesday...

Actually will be more governorable, and one thing we have in california that you don't have in the united states government, we can appeal to the people through the initiative process, so when we have a breakdown of the two parties we go directly to the people as the tie breaker. >> i want to underscore, governor brewer, you are endorsing governor romney for the presidency nomination, and you think he will wrap up the nomination by super tuesday, and you think it will be over? >> he's our man. we will work hard for him. >> thank you both very much. so nice to have you here. coming up, we wil...