Reply #45: Acording to state laws... [View All]

[fujiyama]

this isn't a viable option. I'm sure it would have been thought of. I know several were tossing it around. I don't have a copy of the law here, but it basically said, that even if the person being recalled resigns, the recall would still go forth.

My own take is that there has to be a back-up of sorts. Considering most (or is it all?) state wide officials are democrats, and the state legislature is heavilly democratic, I would assume that there would be many Californians that don't like Davis, but would like an alternative, non right winger.

The fact is Davis is unpopular, among both republicans and democrats. Most democrats would definetely prefer him to Issa, or Arnold, but there is little actual support for him personally. And in a case like this, where the right is fueled with partisan rage and is working to overthrow an legitimately elected official (usual GOP subversion of the democratic process), there has to be a democratic alternative. Turnout, if the election ends up being in November, will favor the republicans.

Davis himself, won the election by a very paltry margin in a heavilly democratic state against a very incompetant opponent.