Left-Wing Mutineers Did In Davis

[Snellius]

WASHINGTON — With Arnold Schwarzenegger set to take office Monday, Republicans have been congratulating themselves for engineering the first recall of an American governor in 82 years. But it wasn't disaffected conservatives who tossed Gray Davis from office. It was liberals.

The real story of the recall lies in the collapse of support for Davis among the state's three pillars of Democratic politics — legislators, liberal interest groups, and left-leaning voters — who were so miffed by Davis' dogged centrism that they stood by while the right tore him to pieces. On election day, a quarter of self-identified liberals voted to oust their governor. And while Davis' machine-cold personality, mishandling of major crises and lack of a vision all contributed to his eventual fall, in the end, it was liberals who sealed his fate. This was a Democratic fragging.
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By 2002, some liberal interest groups appeared to be openly working against the governor. In May of that year, California Teachers Assn. President Wayne Johnson announced that Davis had tried to shake him down for a $1-million contribution, strengthening the Republican charge that Davis was a "coin-operated governor." In October, the Legislature's Latino Caucus made waves by refusing to endorse the governor's bid for reelection, despite Davis' approval only days earlier of the biggest expansion of farm-worker rights in a generation.

Once the recall campaign commenced, these same groups showed little interest in saving the governor, despite Davis' sudden pandering to the liberal base.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/sunopinion/la-op-benson16nov16,1,1088081.story?coll=la-headlines-sunop-manual

[xultar]

1. Humm, CLARK SUX!...Just kidding, I'm trying to prove a point

tee heee heee

[mitchtv]

2. I hope they are Happy

It was a non stop davis trash fest here on DU for 2 months.. Now they got what they wanted. a PUKE

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. The left-wingers fell right into the Rightists trap!

I was one of the FEW on this board saying that even if you did not like Davis, you should still support him as opposed to GIVING THE GOP ANOTHER V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:eyes:

[xultar]

5. WHADDAYA know it's sprung again and this time its for the

Presidental election in 2004

[onehandle]

4. Rove running Arnold was the only way to steal CA

The idiot vote is their bread and butter.

Idiots love a celebrity.

[Fovea]

6. By next fall

They will be fleeing Arnold/Pete like they are on fire. Which they probably will be.

[sventvkg]

7. Idiots eh? If they are the idiots and we are smart how come we lost

control of congress, the white house, many State Governments, and the entire Media is against us? I mean are we really smarter? The Democratic party seems to NOT be smarter and is continually out maneuvered by the Vast right wing conspiracy. If we are so smart, why don't we do what we need to to and counter it and win it all back? If we are so smart, why did we let this happen in the first place? If they are so stupid, why have they succeded so effectively of late? I'm just wondering...

[dfong63]

8. in other words: Davis has only himself to blame for LOSING their support

[mitchtv]

9. and I don't want to hear complaints from"liberal"turncoats

too bad Rob Lowe's show was canceled Bwhahahaha

[Classical_Liberal]

10. To bad no Dem can win California by losing 1/4

of the Dem voters. I am not sure Lowe is a liberal at all.