Why am I so amused by this statment?
Is it even allowed by Miss Blackbird's english grammer standards?
My guess is that, unless Davis is clearly going to win, he'll resign and Bustamante will be sworn in. While I recognize that Davis won't do this on his own, he'll have no choice if he wants to stay on the Democratic gravy train. When Torricelli resigned in NJ (the right thing from the Democratic point of view) the Democrats evidently started looking for ways to repay him and recently gave him a million dollar appointment as a trustee.