[NormsRevenge]

Surely, with all the pessimism on Simon's chances, there must be other polls showing Davis trouncing him.

Well, try as we might, we can't find any.

:-D
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists

GO SIMON

[boris]

Simon is toast.

Illegal aliens are voting.

Stick a fork in him; he's done.

[TheDon]

Is anyone else running for gov. besides Simon?

[NEWwoman]

Good post. I recall an old bumper sticker: "Don't believe the liberal media."

[Thud]

Why all the pessimism? Because some people have a clue. The $78 million fraud verdict was the coup d'grace, even if the punitive damages award is reduced.

[Jonathon Spectre]

I'll say it again: I don't even want Simon to win.

If he wins, he has to deal with a great variety of very serious problems that will be left to him by the Davis "administration" or, as I like to call it, "the unamusing California clown show". Problems like the huge state budget deficit, the massive, all-consuming wave of illegal immigrants whose dependence on and demand for state services is causing said deficit, etc.

He will be shackled in his efforts to actually do anything about these problems by the fact that the population of California is just to the left of Mao and has all the courage and moral clarity of Vidkun Quisling. Any attempt to address the real and serious problem of immigration in this "state" will be met with howls of "racism" and "hate" that Simon, being a Republican, will buckle to and grovel.

In all this buckling and grovelling nothing will get done, and when California finally collapses it will be Simon's "fault" because "he's the governor."

Let Davis win. Let California fall to those who want something for nothing and those who want to give it to them. Let it become the cesspit it's straining for, a muddy example for the whole world about the dangers of overregulation and cowardly, path-of-least-resistance politicians. Then let it fall into the ocean.

[afraidfortherepublic]

"Bill Simon should just give up. He's a lousy candidate. He should admit it, bow out of the race, then endorse a good Republican -- Secretary of State Bill Jones -- who has a shot at beating the otherwise-vulnerable Gray Davis."

I thought Jones had already been eliminated in the Primary...

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

Cheney came here this week and wouldn't even be seen with Simon.

Maybe we should ask him?

LanaTurnerOverdrive signed up on 2002-07-02

[Amerigomag]

To Jonathon: Why win? because you can't accomplish anything by surrender.

To Norm: I agree but overcomming even a small negative perception is difficult if you don't start and going negative late in the game doesn't make your candidacy any less palitable. And don't count on the debates. Simon is only a slightly less boring public speaker than Davis.

To goldstategop: You got it. While there are many conservatives in California wanting to be led and be heard the traditional Republican party leadership is terrible.

To daviddennis: Yes the best policy when an opponent is devastating himself is to get out of the way but an alternative must be establish to prevent chaos.