In the case of governor, I have to ask myself who is more likely to control our leftist socialistic legislature. At this point, I doubt Riordan would oppose them. He impresses me as being too eager to be seen as a "nice guy, loved by all." I think his donations in the past support this.
As for his pro or anti-abortion stance, I don't trust him to be a principled individual on this issue. I am not rabidly anti-abortion as some on this site but do get disgusted when I see it being used as an alternative to birth control by girls too ignorant or lazy to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
I am more concerned about his stands on guns (he thinks we should be licensed like we are licensed to drive cars) and immigration. (He supported a rabid leftist to succeed him as mayor. Thankfully he lost, stalling the total takeover of LA by illegals.)
By the way, while CA is suffering from the recession and will have to borrow to pay our bills, our legislature gives illegal aliens the right to attend our colleges and pay "in-state tuition." Gray Davis went along with this but Riordan said NOTHING. Never mind that a 1996 federal law said you cannot discriminate against US citizens in favor of illegal aliens!
If Riordan really was a Republican, he would be using this against Davis! Doesn't anyone care that the Democrats are violating federal law? (By the way, the illegals in NY just lost a case on this issue and the judge cited the 1996 law!)