[Rodney King]

This article flies in the face of all conventional wisdom on campaigns. Usually, a dud at the top of the ticket is considered to be a bad thing for others of the same party. This article is suggesting that it is somehow good for Boxer if the most high profile person from her party on the ballot is a total loser that most of California dislikes.

That's just crazy. The reality is that it's the Senate seat that the GOP will have a hard time winning. Although I hate RINO's in general, the fact is that by putting Scwarzenegger on the ticket, the GOP is going to take the governor's mansion easy, and the spillover to the Senate race will be positive.

What you are seeing is a bunch of desperate media hacks trying to persuade the GOP to not go through with the recall. Meanwhile, Davis's aides are leaving left and right because they know he is going to lose.

[Rensselaer]

This article flies in the face of all conventional wisdom on campaigns. Usually, a dud at the top of the ticket is considered to be a bad thing for others of the same party. This article is suggesting that it is somehow good for Boxer if the most high profile person from her party on the ballot is a total loser that most of California dislikes.

Actually, that's part of my point. If Davis is recalled, he won't be weighing the Dems down in California - he'll be gone. The legislature will blame the GOP governor (the electorate tends to focus on the top guy much more than the legislature, even when it's the legislature's fault) and the state's natural Democratic leanings will have free reign in the next election.