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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Frankly, I believe it was the Davis' folks job to go out and get this story run earlier. Who didn't think there was a story here given who Arnold is and the kinds of things he's talked about in the press (e.g., group sex). If the Dem operatives had done their job, the electorate would have been fully informed by election day and able to count or discount the information based on a full debate.
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And the result would have been the same. My view of the recall is that Davis would have been blown out in the election last year if the GOP would have ran a more palatable candidate (e.g., Riordin). He is, perhaps, the most detested politician in the history of the State, and remember, he only garnered about 44% of the vote last year. So most of the electorate held their noses and voted him in because a pro-life Republican with little charisma simply cannot win here.
Flash forward a year later and the electorate gets a second bite at the apple, this time with a pro-choice, larger than life candidate. And what do you know, it's a landslide.
I think the story ends here. I don't see this as a mandate in CA or the country against the DEMS or for the GOP. It is simply a mandate against an unpopular governor.
[edited to change pro-life to pro-choice]
