There are other qualified potential candidates: Issa, McClintock, and possibly Schwarzenegger...it's a slap in the face to the million-plus petition signers, to put an also-ran like Simon on the ballot.
This is not just my opinion. Consider some of the unsolicited comments others have said of a Simon candidacy:
"I voted for Simon, and signed the recall petition, but I think a rerun by Simon looks like sourgrapes."
2 posted on 06/20/2003 9:56 AM PDT by My2Cents
"The only guy who ran a worse campaing was when Matt Fong ran against Boxer. Wait a minute. I take that back. As boring as he was, Fong ran a better campaign. Simon was well beyond horrible."
22 posted on 06/20/2003 3:13 PM PDT by CdMGuy
"Interestingly, Simon's advisors (BEFORE Parsky, et al. for those of you in denial about Simon's suck) are the same ones who ran Fong. Anyone who calls for Parsky's head should call for Sal Russo's too."
23 posted on 06/20/2003 3:40 PM PDT by TheAngryClam
Source of above: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/932657/posts
"Oh no, the CA Republicans are going to blow it again. With all due respect to the Simon supporters, he lost and that makes him as stale as a bag of month old bagels."
2 posted on 06/22/2003 5:58 PM PDT by JoeFromCA
"Dear Bill Simon, I voted for you in November. You didn't win so PLEASE, for all of Californias' sake, stay out of this! You couldn't beat a corrupt, disliked, worthless governor like Davis so just let us handle it, will ya?"
5 posted on 06/22/2003 6:33 PM PDT by Bullish
"Hey Bill, you fooled us once! - Sure, support the recall. But, California has enough problems, we don't need any more B.S. in an important election. This time, NO B.S. on the ballot!"
7 posted on 06/22/2003 7:04 PM PDT by Golden Gate
Source of above: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/933785/posts
"Bill, we hope you will listen to your former supporters, and ignore those campaign professionals who served you so poorly in the past and not file as a candidate in the upcoming campaign to replace Gray Davis."
1 posted on 06/28/2003 10:47 PM PDT by TheAngryClam
"Mistakes like Bill Simon’s cannot be tolerated this time around. We have GOT to have someone who knows what they’re doing."
31 posted on 06/29/2003 12:04 AM PDT by Owens08
"Bill Simon is the biggest *EMBARRASSMENT* to the Republican Party in California *HISTORY*! He is an *EMPTY SUIT* who *BETRAYED* us all with his *HOPELESS* campaign! MESSAGE TO SIMON: *GO AWAY*!"
58 posted on 06/29/2003 11:21 AM PDT by Sir Valentino
Source of above: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/937489/posts
"Simon lost for a reason. HE SUCKS. He should take a hike."
32 posted on 07/10/2003 5:26 PM PDT by xm177e2
"Simon blew it in 2002. CA rejected him."
34 posted on 07/10/2003 5:59 PM PDT by jagrmeister
"I do NOT want him to run again. And for the sake of the party, I hope he doesn't." "I am so pissed with Bill Simon right now I could spit nails!"
14 posted on 07/10/2003 2:45 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy
"He can get in if he wants, but he won't win. He's the GOP's AlGore (meaning he lost, already)."
6 posted on 07/10/2003 1:40 PM PDT by truth_seeker
Source of above : http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/943856/posts
"Simon should go away and not run for office again.
The real reason he lost is that he is an empty suit with no real beliefs. If he had a clear vision to present to the voters and if he had really taken it to Davis on things like the energy crisis he would have won. No incumbent Governor in the modern history of California has ever been nearly as unpopular as Davis. Running Riordan though would have been even worse. As would running Arnold next time."
9 posted on 12/07/2002 5:50 AM PST by Princeliberty
Source of above: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/802118/posts
I Say: "If Simon can't manage a campaign, how can he manage the state"???
I've compiled this, as a service to those who want to see Davis recalled.