[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).

[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.

[dalereed]

Riordan is no moderate Republican, he's a far left socialist!