[goldstategop]

With all due respect to Jonah, the recall's now a done deal. It will be a signal lesson to other public officials who raise huge amounts of campaign money but forget that public service comes first. One is hard pressed to think of one good thing Gray Davis has done for my state in the last four years since he was elected Governor. Au contraire, this recall election is in the finest traditions of democracy. In the event the people make a mistake they can unmake it. And that's exactly what we'll be doing this fall in California.

[aardvark1]

Just as people should suffer the consequences of stupid voting choices, people should also suffer the consequences of the governmental mechanisms they have voted to put in place.

This is the logical flaw in JG's argument. Not only did Californians choose a boob for a governor, they have chosen "a government by petition" as a way of governing, for good or ill.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Au contraire, this recall election is in the finest traditions of democracy. In the event the people make a mistake they can unmake it.

I have no time for the "but he was democratically elected" bunch. If an elected official betrays his trust then he should be removed.

I prefer electing the right guy to a recall and a recall to a bloody revolt but the options must never be taken off the table.

I wonder what Jonah's opinion is of the mess in Venezuela is.

[OldFriend]

The recall is a powerful message to other governors that taxing and spending one's state into bankruptcy is hardly a winning strategy.

Simon did rather well considering the media's endless focus on a phony lawsuit that was dismissed in Simon's favor far too late to change the direction of the election.

[samuel_adams_us]

Shouldn't this read that democracy will be destroyed if gray isn't recalled?