[sourcery]

This is pretty much how I see things.

For worst-case analysis, assume that the strongest candidate the Democrats can offer, Senator Diane Feinstein, joins the contest. (She will probably stay out of it, not out of loyalty to Davis but because having a union-supported Democrat replace Davis now will be like rowing to the mid-Atlantic to replace the Captain of the Titanic.)

And this is why the Republicans should not try to win the Governorship. Let all the blame for California's collapse fall unambiguously where it belongs: on the Democrats.

[Iris7]

Yeah, this recall business, especially if it is intended to replace Davis, is unutterably stupid. The "Stupid Party" indeed. Those opposed to the Left are going to have to grow up very soon or be destroyed. The Left is very serious and formidable. "Conservatives" are a childish lot, sentimentally Whiggish.

[Let's Roll]

Agree totally - who needs this mess?

It won't be workable until Californians accept that they have to cut spending. At this point they just want to be saved and, as it's obvious grayout can't do it, they are all for getting someone else in there to save them as long as programs and spending aren't really cut. Not gonna work, never has, never will.

[Bush2000]

And this is why the Republicans should not try to win the Governorship. Let all the blame for California's collapse fall unambiguously where it belongs: on the Democrats.

I agree that blame should fall on the Democrats' shoulders. But voters have a short memory. If a Democrat succeeds Davis, he'll blame Davis, not the Democrat Party. Which means that we need to elect a Republican. I could care less whether it's Arnold or somebody else. The important thing is to swing California's electoral votes in our favor. Arnold can do that.