Saving all your money for fame

"'It seems to be driven by money,' said Dutch reporter Ans Bouwamans who wondered how Americans ended up feeling, as she believes, so gloomy about their government. 'What strikes me every time, is that people seem to be so powerless here, they don't seem to have any influence on what happens, while this is the biggest democracy in the world. I meet so many people who disagree with what's happening, that you know, they don't know how to change it.'"

The foreign press cannot understand why some California residents feel the need for the recall.