Really ? Where is your proof that Riordan is more "Conservative" than Davis ? I'd say there isn't a dime's worth of difference between the two. Remember, Tricky Dick is the man who campaigned for DiFi, gave money to Maxine Waters, and fully endorsed "Aztlan Tony" Villaraigosa to succeed him as Mayor. No Republican of any respectability would've done all 3 of those things.
"Calling everybody who isn't an Alan Keys or a Tom Mclintock a liberal isn't getting us anywhere."
Who is doing that ? We've only been discussing a handful of people in this thread and others, the problem is that they tend to be at either end of the spectrum. Are there truly that many actual "moderates" in CA politics ? I can't really name any, save perhaps Fong, but he was so moderate that he had no solid groundings and became very wishy-washy. And I supported his candidacy over then-neophyte Issa because of Fong's statewide experience. So much for that...
"Oh, and BTW, the answer would be yes. If for no other reason then because Davis is a crook. I'd take an honest dem over a crooked dem any day, and in spite of what Clinton seemed to want to prove, yes, there are some honest dems."
Yeah, sometimes you can find a few hiding under a rock. :-)