Polls were taken in California (links above) comparing Senator 
Feinstein with potential Republican rivals for her next race.  She
easily eclipsed any rival, but Chuck Quackenbush beat all contenders 
by 2 to 1. If Feinstein was out of the picture, Democrats could lose 
the Senate seat to Republican, Chuck Quackenbush.

The second poll compared all Republican and Democratic rivals for state
offices.  The results of these polls showed that Chuck Quackenbush had
double or more name recognition compared to all potential candidates 
for US Senate or Governor.  

In the Gore Campaign for President, Vice-Presidential candidates were
being selected and Senator Feinstein and Governor Davis were high on 
the list.  Democrats realized that Chuck Quackenbush would be nearly 
impossible for them to beat based on those polls.  These two emails 
given to us by Democrats who didn't like what they knew was happening,
show how they planned to get rid of him and why.  

From:	Mitchell, Anne
sent:	Tuesday, March 23,1999 12:12 PM
To:	Steffen, Richard (SENA11)
Subject RE: help

Sensitivity: Confidential

1.	DON’T WRITE A LETTER TO QUACKENBUSH ON ANYTHING. we have to 
set him up first, which should be fairly easy. you are too quick to
get in someone’s face on things  I had this problem with you last 
year.....and he is very adept at warding off controversy  if we do 
not completely ambush him he will slide out of it.

2.	who told you about the budget language? I can’t find a discount
reporting requirement per se although there is other language that may 
be touted as such. and reporting the legal settlements could be 
anywhere. are you sure about the budget item number?

3.	what committee is this bill going through in your house? we 
would like a member over here to have an opportunity on this.  someone 
should hold up our report and point at wilson. maybe cavala can steer 
it to a good committee here.

4.	cavala thinks that davis will be as disinterested in reporting 
settlements as wilson was. it makes his agencies look bad. bill put in 
a call to tim gage to ask if there is some tracking mechanism in place 
right now (maybe he knows about any budget language from last year). 
what about the idea of reporting to the AG as weIl?

5.	I am going to walk over and pick up a copy of last year’s 
budget bill. what are you doing for lunch? actually, lemon grass 
sounds good to me if you have time.

6.	DON’T WRITE A LETTER TO QUACKENBUSH ON ANYTHING.


Original Message
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Sent	Tuesday, March 23. 1999 11:04 AM
To:	Mitchell, Anne
Subject: help
Sensitivity:	Confidential

Apparently the 1998 state budget adopted the provisions of SB 794i.e
the Task Force reports. Can you find the following provision for me:
Item 1760-001-0001 of the 1998 budget 
this section required a report on prompt payment 
discounts...however, DGS, did not release the report because
It was so poorly done...l’d like to see the control language.
Last year’s budget requires agencies to report all legal
settlements...l haven’t see any reports, however...

finally, a very hot tip. ..Quackenbush is keeping settlement
agreements so secretive that DCI attornies who worked on the
cases don’t know the outcomes. The AG was not involved in the
Life Insurance settlement which was for $900,000. I’ll
draft a letter/ the first salvo, to Quacker on this issue.

Your thoughts ~





 New message
Chris: Forwarded yours to Assemblymember Washington’s Chief and thought
I would copy you with his response It is a dirty game this 
politics, however I trust all will work out in the end. Got a call 
from Weekley yesterday and SMUD has placed him on administrative leave 
pending the outcome of this matter. Recall that their General Manager, 
Jan Shori, was one of those adament Urban League Board members who did
not want Chuck on the Board. Perhaps she should be reminded that her 
General Counsel, Ms. Appling, was a guest at the DOI table the night 
Chuck served as Keynote.

Regards,


Friday, May 12, 2000 America Online: RQuack4i3l


Michael Keeley

Onginal Message
From:	Roberson, Bruce [SMTP Bruce. (Assemblyman Washington’s staff) 
Roberson@asm.Ca.gov
Sent:	Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:51 PM
To:	mkeeley@jps.net
Subject:	RE: news- Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush

Mike;	
l’ve had a chance to read the article, and I must admit that there are
elements of truth in what was written. The goal is to marginalize the 
last two standing Republicans, Bill Jones and Chuck. If successful, 
there’s good money to say that Dems may take over the state completely.
It’s part of the grand scheme to get Gore in the White House, Feinstein
as VP, and ultimately have all of the state offices for ourselves. 
According to strategy, Chuck’s in the way. Believe me when I tell you 
that it is nothing "personal’, although I know it seems that way. 
However, I do hope that he comes out of this unscathed, however that 
still remains to be seen.I really don’t like "dirty pool", but right 
now they are really after him.Talked to Phyllis Marshall yesterday and 
faxed over CW’s bio.Mike, thanks for your assistance. Also, I got your 
cards.
Bruce

>	Original Message
>	From: Michael Keeley [SMTP:mkeeley@jps.net]
>	Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 3:32 PM
>	To: Bruce.roberson~asm.ca.goV
>	Subject: FW: news- Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush

	Bruce: Thought I would forward this from Chuck’s wife, Chris. 
You should know by now that Chuck is my boy, and his family I consider
friends. Want to keep you and Carl in the loop so that you guys take 
into account allfactors when issues surface regarding the DOI and his 
fate

	Regards,