Effort to recall governor qualifies for California ballot: Gray Davis Will Face Recall Election

Associated Press ^ | 07-23-03

[ysoitanly]

Let's see how long McAwful's pledge that they wouldn't put any Dims against Grayout holds. This is really gonna be interesting. The mud-slinging from the Davis camp will begin almost immediately.

[Redcloak]

I just hope that we don't have half the Pubies in the State filing to run. The last thing we need is for some Dem to come out of the woodwork and win with 20% of the vote. Perhaps the "big names" can all sit around a table, play a few hands of 5 card draw and settle the nomination quietly.

[steveegg]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent work. Now vote the <expletive deleted> out.

[truthkeeper]

Oh come on...you know what I mean. Sheesh.

[B Knotts]

So, what is the plan if Bustamante refuses to allow voters to choose a replacement, and takes the office himself by fiat, as he has threatened?

What would the people do?

What should the people do?

[truthkeeper]

I hear Arnold will be backing Riordan if he runs. They're pals.

[ysoitanly]

Costa was saying they wanted more than two candidates; I would guess three or four. The unspoken but obviously strategy is Grayout will have a limited amount of time to launch the smear and dirt tactics, and multiple (but not excessive) targets would make it harder.

[VRWC_minion]

However this turns out its good for the GOP nationally. It says the progresive/liberals are failures and they cannot even keep themselves in office let alone govern. This kind of stuff speaks to the swing voters quitely but effectively.

[B Knotts]

I hear Arnold will be backing Riordan if he runs.

Figures.

Liberals tend to support each other.

[mewzilla]

The state would be better off picking some poor slob's name from a phone book. I think anyone who actually wants this job needs to have his head, or his motives, examined.

[ysoitanly]

Let's hope that Riordan's age and his ailing wife who does not want him to run win out. He's aRINO extraordinaire and was brutally smeared publicly by Grayout when he ran last time, and he eventually dropped out, leaving Simon.

[Pubbie]

Arnold looks like he won't run, thus clearing the way for McClintock. Get ready to Rumble!

[steveegg]

Perhaps the "big names" can all sit around a table, play a few hands of 5 card draw and settle the nomination quietly.

Works for me, especially if it's a 1-election winner-take-all setup (unlike Wisconsin, where there is a runoff unless someone gets 50%+1).

[Hildy]

Let's just hope that all those people who signed the petition actually go to the polls.

[kellynla]

EXCELLENT NEWS! DUMP DAVIS! VOTE FOR MCCLINTOCK! http://www.tommcclintock.com

[ysoitanly]

In California, the recall winner only needs a simply majority, which is a little scary when you think about it. If the majority candidate only gets, say 20% of the vote, they still win. But that's how it works. That's why there needs to be a small and qualified field.

[ysoitanly]

McClintock truly is the most qualified. He's got experience and an actual PLAN. He's my pick, for sure!

[Colonel Jim]

Make it so!

[DumpsterDiver]

What would the people do?

Turn him into a pinata.

What should the people do?

Whomp on the pinata.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Does anybody know if we can vote by absentee ballot in a recall election?