Reply #10: I don't recall anyone ever claiming otherwise [View All]

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Please refresh my memory if I am in error, but as I recall the whole fracas about "Davis should resign and stop the recall" erupted here on the DU forums AFTER the recall was certified, not before.

Before the recall was certified the prevailing themes were more like "There's no way they'll ever get enough signatures", "Petition gatherers were hired guns from out of state therefore the petitions are invalid", and "We should flood the petitions with fake signatures to prevent the recall from being certified".

We were well on our way to banishing the California Republican Party to extinction, but now that task has been set back.

Are you really sure you'd like to banish the Cali Reps to extinction? Our entire system of government is based on adversarial debate at all levels. The Republicans do serve a useful function as an opposition party in California, just as Democrats have been consigned to that role nationally. The history of nations and states with single-party rule is not very pretty.

Be careful what you wish for.