Well, I guess I'll chime in here being that I actually grew up here in the state and ever since I was 16 (when I started working), my tax dollars have supported the activities of this state.

The whole thing stinks. Davis was voted in a 2nd term--let him finish it. How stupid is it to even have a recall during a budget crisis? Very stupid.


I say this. Split the state in half and the "Terminator" can hang out in Southern Cali where there is a large pecentage of Republicans.

Edited to add:
A list of who's running (in no particular order)

Incumbent Gray Davis
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arianna Huffington
Bill Simon
Larry Flynt
Cruz Bustamante
Gary Coleman--(from CNN.com) Gary Coleman, who played Arnold Drummond in the 1980s sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," entered the race on August 6. His candidacy was engineered by an Oakland-area newspaper, which paid his $3,500 filing fee and collected signatures in a move to protest the recall process. Coleman predicts that Arnold Schwarzenegger will win and said he would even vote for him.:eek: "Now that Arnold is in the race, there is no race. Gray Davis needs to pack his bags," he said. "I'm going to stay in the race, but I'm not going to campaign."WTF?!?!

I agree
 

http://www.ca-dem.org/

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

"I deeply believe the recall is a terrible mistake and will bring to the depth and breadth of California instability and uncertainty, which will be detrimental to our economic recovery and decision-making. This recall demonstrates that virtually anyone with $1.5 million can hire professional petition gatherers certain to produce enough signatures to force a future recall of any state elected officials. It sets a terrible precedent which ought to cause us all to think very carefully."

I vote for splitting California into two states, too. And maybe splitting Texas into three or four. ;)

I honestly think people are going to vote for Arnold on the basis of "Wouldn't it be funny if the Terminator was governor?" and he will get elected that way.

OOMG, on in the Land Of Fruits and Nuts!

Should Cal. be split into 2 States?

Well of Course! The Head dont know what the Ass is doing!

My question is:

Just what did Gray Davis do to desearve this? Hell, the Head of the State can only do so much and then the F******Morons who we call OUr Duly Elected Run it!

Texas: Dem. run and hide in NM for re-cutting the state up for elective areas!

Kansas: Female Gov. Dem. in a Rep. State. Rep Da-ude a flippin Dumb Ass!

Mo: quiet sec running agains a 3 time winner in Senate! Dem. hang ther hat on her! DA!

Rep/Dem. makes no Difference!:mad:

All Lambs until put on Wolves clothing when they are Elected!

Love the Black Elected memebr of Tx. who wanted to do the right thing!:) Told him to F Off or he would get nothing for is area!

One term! Said F U.!

Killer Kalifornication...
 

As far as splitting Cali into 2 states... Why do that when the San Andreas fault will do it for free??? :confused:

At any rate, I don't think I want a Vietnamese (pun intended) body builder to take John Conner down and terminate his future...

Cali intro'd Recall elections like back in the Gold Rush train days when the RR Southern Pacific owned and ran all of Frisco. So, the Sacremento elected officials found a way to pounce out any official that was not doing their job to the populace's satisfaction--as I understood the tidbit of history...

This recall election is a drain to the Cali econ... NO LA guy will EVER be elected as governor in Cali--just if you live in LA, you cannot be Cali Gov... Some Hollyweird, LALAland--made up rule from long ago... That's why Reardon didn't get the Republican nomination for Governor...

Look Arnie, AIN'T Reagan!!! Hell not!!! He ain't "win one for the Gipper!!!" Dayum, he DEFINITELY ain't part of the Brown clan. And he ain't Dukemejin (sp.)... And MOS DEFINITELY, Arnie AIN'T got the BALLS to be the Petey Wilson who really shoulda been recalled but never was... So, oh hell no...

Cali's best bet is to have Gray Davis, declare state of emergency, shut the fuckin' state down, ceremoniously resign and transfer all powers to Cruz Bustamonte, the Lt. Governor... Then the dayum Recall is shutdown in court till a REAL ELECTION--you and I the taxpayer financed for in November... This whole thing is F'ed up all the way!!! :mad:

Tom... I couldn't agree with you more... I might as well throw my head into the ring for Southern Cali cuz some people down there seem wierd.

I think Florida should be split in two different states.

Amen.

So as long as we're talking about states, this is a theory I had while driving through the midwest on a college visit: turn southeastern Wisconsin (ie Milwaukee) and Chicago into one state. The rest of Illinois and Wisconsin can be another state.

Almost anyone would be better than Davis.

I agree. And when I cast my vote for Governor Schwarzenegger, I know I'll be doing the right thing ;)

No you won't, you'll do the right thing when you vote for Gary Coleman. You vote for Arnie, then the Machine would've won. Remmember, we don't know what side his in. He tried to kill John Connor, then he saved him. Know Gary Coleman, we know where he stands against the Machine. He will side with the human.

I heard a pretty compelling argument on Talk of the Nation on NPR this week.

To summarize, this very politically astute sounding older woman argued that only people who voted in the original election (no matter for whom) should be allowed to vote in the recall election.

Her logic was that if you couldn't be bothered to vote for or against Davis in the general election, why should you have to right to vote out someone you had nothing to do with voting in.

I don't think that could ever pass legal hurdles, but it's a pretty interesting argument.

Wow! Now that makes you think. I really like that argument. Not that it would ever be a reality. (Can't discourage voters, a high profile election might boost voter turn out for several following elections). But I have to agree with her.

That is interesting - it's a viewpoint I argued in an American Politics class once. There's no way it would pass legal hurdles - some Con Law kids immediately jumped down my throat with a million laws that wouldn't permit it, but it's true. People who were too lazy to vote the first time are angry now? Too bad. You didn't vote for the person you thought would do a good job, so wait out this term and do something next time.