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.