I hate this idea. Impeachment of Clinton for lying under oath was one thing (and TROLLS- do not try to turn this thread into a Clinton impeachment discussion), but simply deciding that you don’t like a governor and trying to have a ‘re-do’ strikes me as overtly partisan and a subversion of the process (I know it is technically legal- don’t lecture me):
A Republican-led campaign to recall California’s Democratic governor, once dismissed as improbable, now appears poised to qualify for the ballot – and to shake up California politics like never before.
The outcome is anyone’s guess, and the situation has politicians from both parties scrambling. It promises to be “a wild ride,” promises one political consultant.
Gov. Gray Davis was elected in a landslide in 1998 but his approval rating tumbled to 28 percent amid voter wrath over the state’s energy and budget crises.
The people of California knew what they were voting for, and they re-elected Gray Davis. I am not saying this as a ‘let’s punish Californians for being so stupid they re-elected Davis, so they should have to live with him’ attitude, but rather as a simple statement of fact. He is their governor, and barring criminal activity (not alleged activity), I am against recalling him. This is simply a bad idea. If the California Republicans had half a brain and were not morons, they would have voted for Riordan in the primaries in 2002. Instead, they went for rigid ideological purity, and put forth an absolutely unpalatable candidate- Hell, he was such an awful candidate he is lucky most of you probably can’t even remember his name. I will put his name in the extended entry below, but I am betting most of you won’t remember, as he was that awful. Worse than Gray Davis- if the voters are to be believed.
At any rate, I think this recall is cheap and tawdry and I hope the Republicans get burned for it.
The Analyst and the Southern Cal. Lawyer have some opinions on this issue.