LOS ANGELES — "The election was actually simple," political analyst Tony Quinn wrote me. "People did not like Gov. Davis." He is right, and he is wrong. Sean Walsh of Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign last night noted a preordained outcome, that Gray Davis was, at the outset, toast. Consider that the recall was always ahead; indeed, it peaked when Arnold announced. Back then, a recall election would have netted 63 percent "Yes," more than yesterday's 54 percent. From the outset, many of us misunderstood this recall and thought it would intrude on a risk-averse electorate. It now appears the burden...