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I don't know how many of you are from California. But I've got to tell you, Simon is starting to seem like a joke out here. The way he handled the release of his tax returns was about the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Only his or his legal team's handling of this fraud case is even a close competitor for most stupid move in recent history.

Gray Davis should be toast. Hardly anybody likes the man. The RATs defnitely were and are worried. The pols are all predicting the lowest turn out for in history for this one. But Simon is such an awful candidate that hardly anybody is talking right now about Davis's many, many vulnerabilities.

You've just got to experience the local coverage of this stuff to believe how foolish Simon is starting to look. WIth a credible competitor, Davis would be toast. He has no record to run on. But right now, Simon doesn't look like a credible competitor.

But Simon is such an awful candidate that hardly anybody is talking right now about Davis's many, many vulnerabilities.

Most to the point: Simon himself isn't talking about Davis, isn't making Davis himself an issue. Davis has a record - and it is a horrid one. The longer Simon hesitates to make Davis himself an issue, the better chance has Davis to survive, and the better chance the California Republicans will have of enhancing their reputation for seeing a horse where there was barely a Shetland pony.

I agree with you completely.

What is it with California Republican candidates? They don't think they have to learn the trade of politics or work there way up to statewide or national offices. They think that they can just decide one day to run for governor or congress and the people will elect them. I live in Silicon Valley and the two Republican candidates for congress have little or no political experience. Both are running terrible campaigns with no chance of winning against weak Democrat incumbents.

Simon would have no chance of winning either if Grey Davis wasn't a walking disaster. Davis is trying desperately to beat himself and Simon still can't get it together.

How could he let this suit go to trial during the campaign?

Didn't Simon understand the consequences of this kind of outcome?

Does he have competent advisors and does he listen to them?