[Coop]

Good article. Two comments - 1) The 14-point lead was and is a joke. Simon has led in five of six polls I've seen - of course only the outlying Davis lead is the one talked about. 2) I would not classify Nixon as unable. He and the Impeached Rapist were similar, in my view, although eventually Tricky Dick did put the country before himself.

[eureka!]

FYI, indexing and pinging...

[goldstategop]

The article's main point is Bill Simon has been following the smart strategy since the primary. Just sit back and watch Gray Davis self destruct. When your enemy is doing it for you, its entirely unnecessary and even counterproductive to remind people that he can't run the government, much less than his own reelection campaign. You can always deliver the coup d'grace later.

[going hot]

At first I thought of davis as clinton lite.
Then I thought of him as clinton dark.
Now I think of him as, well,...grey.

[rivercat]

If Davis can't run California, how can he run California?

This needs to be a bumper sticker

[section9]

The combination of incompetence and sleaze makes Davis something of a unique specimen for someone at his level in politics, which usually requires some degree of skill, likability or both. Some leaders are talented but unscrupulous (Bill Clinton) or honest but inept (Jimmy Carter), but to be neither able nor trustworthy puts Davis among a rather select (Richard Nixon) crowd.

Richard Nixon was one of the more able and intelligent Presidents of this or any century. Indeed, his untrustworthiness was confined to his enemies, not his friends.

Other than that, this is a very, very good article.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[NormsRevenge]

the sleaze factor

If I really wanted the mob running the state legislature.. I'd re-elect them.
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

[mombonn]

The combination of incompetence and sleaze makes Davis something of a unique specimen for someone at his level in politics, which usually requires some degree of skill, likability or both

clintbilly was neither "talented" nor "unscrupulous". He was and is CORRUPT to the core, and willing to call in the goons to secure for him whatever he wanted.

[Gophack]

Yet in Davis' case, sleaze and ineptitude are two sides of the same coin. Both are the product of a lack of principles on which to govern. Davis is motivated by the singular pursuit of power, marked by a callous indifference to how that power is obtained, whether it's through shady fund-raising or shortsighted, politically motivated policy.

This is too good. I could feel sorry for Davis if he wasn't such a corrupt jerk.

[Gophack]

Corrupt Davis PING

[monkeyshine]

Dump Davis Bump.

[Sloth]

The end result is that as doggedly as Davis worked to help Simon win the primary, he now unwittingly contributes as much to the possibility of a Simon upset in November.

Shoot, at this point, I'd consider Davis winning to be an upset.

[John Jorsett]

Simon has led in five of six polls I've seen - of course only the outlying Davis lead is the one talked about.

I heard an interview with Simon over the weekend. He says their internal polling still shows him with a lead. Which is completely believable to me.

[tophat9000]

But the ad's tagline -- "Bill Simon: If he can't run an S&L, how can he run California?" -- only stands to hurt Davis by virtue of the inevitable question it raises: If Davis can't run California, how can he run California?

I thought the same thing when I first saw the Davis ad … the Davis camp are fools to these type attack ads

[PsyOp]

Good article. On spot except for the cheap shot at Nixon, who was very "able." And who's "dishonesty" was motivated by a mis-guided sense of patriotism and not money. I'd take Nixon over Davis any day of the week.