[ken5050]

I'm STILL waiting for anyone to answer this scenario.....IF they manage to get the needed number of signatures certified..the Dems will immediatelt "convince" Davis to resign....the LtGov takes over, and the whole recall is moot....and they give the new guy a leg up in the next election....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well the Attorney General would probably try to stop that because he wants to be Governor too!

[ewing]

Rob Reiner?

[Toirdhealbheach Beucail]

One wonders if the Dems could convince Davis to resign. If there is a recall, he can at least fight and keep the thing in the courts for awhile, but if he resigns he looses any chance at all of gaining any further national aspirations, which is what he seems to have.

[NormsRevenge]

Cruz Bustamante .. the new guy with a leg up.. whizzing on the voters of Aztlan California .. the mental imagery you paint is really rich there. :-)

I don't hink the demRats would sink that low altho they do some pretty stupid things when under pressure, and if they do, Then we run Condi Rice. ;-)

[John Jorsett]

I'm STILL waiting for anyone to answer this scenario.....IF they manage to get the needed number of signatures certified..the Dems will immediatelt "convince" Davis to resign....the LtGov takes over, and the whole recall is moot....and they give the new guy a leg up in the next election....

That would assume some degree of selflessness on the part of Davis, whose sole guiding principle to date has been what is best for himself. That, or some very large carrot dangled before him, and I can't imagine what that would be for somebody like him who loves wielding political power.

[bonesmccoy]

two considerations:

1. Your premise assumes that the RATS permit Bustamante the Gov's position. This also assumes that Bustamante can appease Bill Lockyer and John Garamendi's camps. I doubt that Bustamante can offer that much to Lockyer or Garamendi. So, my assessment is that the Democrats can not pull off the Davis resignation play. Most importantly, I don't think Gray Davis believes that he can lose his seat.

2. If your premise is correct, who holds the Lt. Gov. seat? Wouldn't a special election be required for the Lt. Gov. seat anyway?