[Rodney King]

may put pressure on Davis to resign and allow Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, another Democrat, to become acting governor. National Democrats deny any such intent. "No Democrat is doing anything but fully supporting Gov. Davis in this,"

Of course, I want the Republicans to win, but the above might not be too bad of an outcome. Davis gets fired for being a schmuck, and then we can spend the next year and a half tying Bustamante to Davis. The guy is Lt. Gov, it's not like he can totally wash his hands of the Davis administration. That way, the White House gets most of what it wants, too.

[Elle Bee]

it would be better to have a wounded dem in place for the 2004 election cycle

I also don't think Arnold holds a candle to The Ronster

Arnold is hardly a Conservative on most issue

If he wins as a GOPer we will all be painted with his brush

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[randita]

Of course, I want the Republicans to win, but the above might not be too bad of an outcome. Davis gets fired for being a schmuck, and then we can spend the next year and a half tying Bustamante to Davis. The guy is Lt. Gov, it's not like he can totally wash his hands of the Davis administration.

This cannot happen now. It's too late. A month or two ago, Davis could have resigned and have Bustamante succeed him for the rest of his term. But the deadline for that action has passed, according to state law. At this point, Bustamante could only act as governor until the recall election. Of course, Bustamante could enter the race, but he probably won't because that would be unloyal.

East Coast conservative columnists, from George Will to William Safire and Jonah Goldberg, have panned the recall effort as an illegitimate effort to overturn the results of an election that gave Mr. Davis a second term only eight months ago.

The effort is not legitimate. It is allowed for in the state law. I enough people object to the state law, then it ought to be rescinded or amended in a way to make the recall harder to accomplish (more signatures needed, e.g.)