So the Recall was a mistake?
I was concerned that it might work out that way even before the recall. When Arnold crashed the party and the Republican Party caved, I changed my mind and voted for McClintock and against the recall (hardest vote I've ever cast).
A lot of good came from the recall petition effort, but who's to say it will last. Organizations were born that looked like they were going somewhere. But note how hard it's been to get support for Save Our State. Note also that Davis would NEVER have been able to add what is fast coming to be $25 billion in new debt. Arnold, being a Republican, faced little opposition where Davis would not have got away with it. The people were promised and voted for fiscal responsibility, but didn't get it. The recall process was so precipitous that there was little time for the truth of candidates' posisitons to be evaluated, compared, and communicated. The jury's out, but if the trend continues, then I am afraid the recall will have been counterproductive.
Direct democracy is not a good thing. Look how twisted the initiative process has become. The recall abetted that trend.