In 1986, Reynoso, Grodin and Rose Bird were voted off the California Supreme Court by an angry electorate. Grodin and Reynoso were dumped by a 2-1 margin, and Bird by 3-1.
Ahhh... one of those rare moments of clarity in California electoral politics. Tired of having our will pushed aside by an anti-death penalty court, we cleaned house on them. That was glorious... truly glorious.
It is also the story of how Gov. George Deukmejian, the California Republican Party and a team of very savvy political consultants took four very unruly PAC's, got them to merge and work together from one play book, and then manipulated the Los Angeles Times and the state's liberal establishment into making a series of egregious mistakes.
Someone ought to write a book.
I enjoyed being part of that effort.