Skelton: GOP's Faulconer tries to run recall campaign as a policy wonk

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Unlike Newsom, however, he supports the death penalty.
41% : He supports abortion rights, same-sex marriage and a path to citizenship for immigrants living here illegally.
39% : He also mirrors much of California in being a fiscal conservative and a social liberal -- maybe even more conservative on taxes than past Republican governors who were flexible and pragmatic.
38% : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilson and Ronald Reagan all raised taxes and cut programs to balance budgets when revenue ran short.

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