I have to live here in California, and the thought of three and a half more years of Davis as governor is horrifying. Davis doesn't care if he has "dug his own grave". This is his last term anyway due to term limits. The problem is that he has also dug our graves. The cost of a special election is infinitesmal compared to the tens upon tens of billions of dollars Davis has already cost California taxpayers, and the umpteen billions of additional dollars he will cost us if he remains in office.
Davis may or may not be replaced by someone decent, but it's hard to believe his replacement could possibly be worse. It's certainly worth the effort to find out. We know that the status quo is a total disaster.