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Thanks for the good news!

This is very interesting: Green Party candidate Peter Camejo came in with 5 percent.

Maybe a few $'s sent to Camejo's election chest might be a great investment. It would be great if Camejo got 15 to 20% of the Rat Vote! Nader donations in 2000 were an excellent investment. Every vote Nader got would have been a vote for Goron.

We could have DUMP DAVIS and ELECT CAMEJO stickers on our suv's and garbage toters.

I'm afraid supporting the Greenies would have the effect of driving the pubbies to the left in order to pick up the 'moderates'. The perception of the 'leftwing' orientation of your state would become even more so. (if that's at all possible in Kookifornia :))

This is very interesting: Green Party candidate Peter Camejo came in with 5 percent.
Maybe a few $'s sent to Camejo's election chest might be a great investment.

This is one of those relatively rare elections in which the "lesser of two evils" argument won't wash for a lot of liberals. Davis has been so horrible and so corrupt that quite a few voters will be unable to "hold their noses" and vote for him no matter what. They won't vote for Simon, but they may vote for a third-party candidate, or skip the top of the ticket, or stay home altogether. Camejo could pick up a sizable anti-Davis protest vote.

To a lesser extent, Libertarian candidate Gary Copeland may also grab some anti-Davis voters. Copeland has not been shy about publicizing his Druid religion, and focussing on issues (such as the Drug War) that will likely resonate more with liberals than conservatives. Copeland and Camejo have been jointly participating in a series of debates around the state to drum up publicity, and the increased visibility for both of them could cost Davis several critical percentage points in the November balloting.

"This is very interesting: Green Party candidate Peter Camejo came in with 5 percent.
"We could have DUMP DAVIS and ELECT CAMEJO stickers on our suv's and garbage toters."

Great idea...I've been promoting this for a while now. A typically casual democrat that would never vote Republican could sure be lead into voting Green.