Recall Davis Shoots for 50,000 Signatures This Week

Recall Gray Davis Committee ^ | 04/21/03 | The Honorable Howard Kaloogian

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

good work - bump

[Mr. K]

bump

[Impeach98]

Thanks for the early bumps.

I hope for quite a few more to last throughout this week!

[ken5050]

Can I ask a question? as I understand it, the recall provision also involves the election of the next governor, and there's a chance, becuase of the way the system works, that teh next gov could have a really small plurality.....so, if the Recall Movement succeeds in getting the necessary number of signatures, before they're all verified, wouldn't the Dems in California push for Davis to resign. That obviates the recall petition, and the LT Gov is now governor, and has a built in advantage for the next election....It seems to me the GOP's strategy would be better to leave him in power, and continue to ruin the state...

[Homer_J_Simpson]

How many sigs are required, and by what date?

I'm a little skeptical about recalls in general, and this one in particular. California voters decided to create a progressive paradise, and now we've got it. Assuming Davis is recalled and a Republican elected to replace him, wouldn't that just take the heat off the rats and give them a chance to retroactively blame the new governer for state fiscal disaster?

[Illbay]

Are Kalifornians REALLY so fickle as to recall this guy not even six months after his reelection?

[sackofcatfood]

Are signatures external to the state of California legitimate for this purpose?

I presume not, but I'd prefer to check.

[evilsmoker]

Ping!

[RWGuy]

I hope so!

If we can let politicians totally distort reality so they can safely be re-elected, we will have lost the essence of a democracy -- an informed choice.

Gray Davis deviously lied about the budget deficit and viciously attacked his opponent to keep voters from figuring out his horrendous record.

Now the truth is out, and the public is rightfully angry at the deceit, lies and total incompetence.

Recall is an obligation, not just a right!

[ElkGroveDan]

before they're all verified, wouldn't the Dems in California push for Davis to resign

There is one thing preventing that. Gray's ego.

More importantly he has never had the best interests of the Democrat party as a motivating factor. It's all about the little man with the big hair.

Gray will NEVER resign.

[bigfootbob]

You need a way for us who wish to help that doesn't live in Kalifornia, to register our signatures. Afterall, the entire Nation suffers from the kookyness that slithers out of Kalifornia.

[JohnnyZ]

Gray still thinks he's going to run for president. Well, he might still run . . .

[ken5050]

Wait..he's term limited..so why would he fight to stay, and probably suffer the ignominy of being recalled...is it a "Saddan-like " complex.....he's in denial...also since the dems control the state government so completely..they'd have to be able to grease the skids...or find a "face-saving" reason for his resignation....maybe due to health reasons..like suffering from hemmoriods.....the Cal economy is gonna get much worse befoe it bottoms.....

[Illbay]

I guess the thing I'm wondering is, what is wrong with the electorate in California, that they can think this guy's worthy of a second term in November 2002, then want him run out of office in April 2003.

[dwilli]

Is the same group of California voters sponsoring the recall petition the same group who refused to vote for
Riordan, saying that a democrat was a better choice than a moderate Republican?

[Impeach98]

To those who are confused about why a recall. The whole point of a recall is to provide the voting electorate the right to be empowered to remove a harmful or detrimental leader and not be compelled to wait till the next election simply because "that is when the next election is."

It requires a great many hurdles to be crossed to occur which is why a statewide elected official has never been recalled (just local officials and then Supreme Court Justice Rose Bird).

This is the right of the electorate and there has never been a more appropriate time to use it than on Gray Davis. He never should have been elected in the first place but because he was - and then was caught covering up the budget crisis in order to get elected - the recall is the only process available to hold him accountable.

[Impeach98]

I dunno - all I know is Karl Rove seems panicked about this recall effort for some reason. He shouldn't - it is the best hope for Bush in 2004... have momentum built up for Repubs. Can you imagine how much more Bush will raise if donors are energized by the GOP FINALLY winning an election (the recall election).

[dwilli]

The GOP could have had a Republican governor in the Golden State but let Davis snooker them and pick his own opponent.
Granted Riordan is not a far right-winger but He is as far right as we're ever gonna get on the west coast.

[ElkGroveDan]

Is the same group of California voters sponsoring the recall petition the same group who refused to vote for Riordan, saying that a democrat was a better choice than a moderate Republican?

As one of the people who ferociously opposed Riordan, I need to clarify that. Riordan was idealogically to THE LEFT of Gray Davis. We opposed him because we didn't want to make matters any worse than they were.

There is no point whatsoever in nominating a Republican who defines the far left of the other party. All you do is destroy your own party and then lose anyway.