Something about this recall just doesn't seem right

[Langis]

So let's say 49% of the people vote to keep Gray in office. That means he is out. Then just hypothetically, Arnold wins with 30% of the people voting for him?

Now how is it a democracy when 49% of the people vote for one person, and 30% vote for another, and the one with 30% wins? Something is very wrong with that.

[LittleDannySlowhorse]

1. The whole thing is bullshit

That is all.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. "Bullshit" is all that it is!

Recalls should be ILLEGAL!!!!

[tjdee]

2. Don't forget the 12% it takes to even call this stupid thing!

People signing the recall petition on their way out of the supermarket or on their way into Starbucks....those are the *real* activists, LOL.


This whole thing is really a circus. I hope Davis wins this thing, because it is one sorry state of affairs over there.

[zls44]

4. It'll get worse

It'll be 12% of whatever # make up the recall election.

So the actual # could be even smaller.

[NashVegas]

6. If Arnie Wins, I Wonder How Long it will take

him to try to ram through a bill to retool the recall law?

[Capn Sunshine]

5. Finally hit home, didn't it?

The ONLY way the repugs can win in CA is through a recall; otherwise the most reasonable ( ie liberal) republican gets eaten alive in the primary. Even then, they only consist of 35-42% of the electorate.

Yes, this is as close as they can get ; and it's totally by design of republican Trotskyite Grover Norquist; who articulated a national plan to foment partisan discord at the state level; he is convinced this sad state of affairs favors repugs natioally.

[mike_c]

7. bingo!

Give that man a cigar. Welcome to democracy, repig style.

[FullCountNotRecount]

8. And when noncitizens as well as citizens are paid to collect petitions...

It just stinks.