"if he's the only means for getting rid of Davis,"
This can't be true. The recall is a straight up or down vote on Davis, no one is running against him.
Any gubernatorial candidates to replace him are running against each other in a contingency election that will be decided by a plurality, should Davis lose the recall.
Agreed, when you consider the letter of the law. But consider this, if two of more Republicans (RINOs included) are certified to be listed as candidates it would split the Republican vote. This is significant and here's why. Despite recent vows not to run on the Democratic ticket (Feinstein, et al), if polls show that Davis could be recalled, the Calif. Democratic Party WILL NOT allow a Republican to waltz in. Logic dictates that they will put up a viable candidate. They simply will not concede the govenorship that easily. As much as I like McClintock and "perhaps" Issa they don't have the name recognition of a Feinstein. Well, who does? I'll stop there.
BTW, I think one of our servers is locked up. . . hense, the double postings.