[breakem]

Here's my swag (scientific wild-ass-guess). DiFi, runs in the recall and gets elected as the repubs split the votes. Over three year perisd she balances the budget after siding with the repubs on some key spending controls. She runs for president in 2008. Hillary foams at the mouth.

[Dog Gone]

Here's my guess. Riordan runs and wins. He governs as a Democrat, but allows the media and the Democrats to blame Republicans.

Both the GOP and California loses.

[votelife]

no wonder Hillary is opposed to the recall!

[Kevin OMalley]

Here's my swag:
The democrats have only 3 days remaining to figure out this crazy ordeal, so they are going to decide on 1 and only 1 candidate. They'll probably choose the one candidate that is the most UNPALATABLE to republicans, someone like Boxer, to run. That way, they still have a chance of actually defeating the recall -- showing solid support, having the backup name recognition to win the governership back from all those pissed off democratic voters, the republican votes are divided into an uncritical mass, that kind of thing. The democrats will only hold this Boxer candidacy in reserve, making sure that Davis does exactly as he's told, basically blackmailing him. If he doesn't toe the line, Boxer runs in earnest.