I watched the GOP debate and was very unimpressed by Simon. He has lots of money to spend so those who can't stand Riordan think Simon is a better choice.
Jones has markedly improved his public skills (comparing the debate to speeches he gave when the campaign began). He is the ONLY ONE of the three who publically supported Prop. 187.
By the way, I cannot understand why Republicans run like scardey cats from Prop.187. The voters merely said "We are tired of our tax money being used for the education and health care of ILLEGAL ALIENS!!
They fell for the argument that the Supreme Court had ruled that they had to be educated. What the Supremes actually said in the Texas case was "the state must educate all children regardless of legal residency status unless the state can prove it is a financial burden." Seems to me the people in CA finally said "we feel it has become a financial burden."
What was actually happening was the descrimination of CA ciitizens. More money per student was being spent on illegals (because they could not be taught in English and classroom size was lower). If you are a CA resident whose child speaks English, you get fed up when you see all the extra money spent on illegal aliens who can't. That led to Prop.187.
Unfortunately our Democrat governor and Democrat AG successfully blocked taking the case to a higher court after a local federal judge decided it was unconstitional. No where was any group with big bucks challenging Davis, etc. in court. No "friend of the court" appealed the case, so it died, despite passing with 63% of the voters in favor.
I just wanted to comment that I saw a Guiliani (sp) commercial for Simon, today.. sure hope they run it hard and I sure hope it helps!