This projects the absolutely worst image for a Republican candidate. Your 2cents is right on, the Sacramento Bee this morning on the front page blasting Simon, blasting Big corporate meanies.
What great timing for the lib press on the same day get all of these great stories.
I don't care how innnocent Simon is here, or how personally separated he is from the case, is simply looks horrible. Any other year but this, people would probably let it roll right past them, not caring about the complexities of the case, but in the current atmosphere of corporate bankruptcies, accounting firms cooking books, the dive in the stock market, this is devasting for Simon. It's going to have to take much more political astuteness on his part than I've seen for him to survive this. And the other point is, this isn't some political hit, but a finding by a jury. Sure, they may be wrong, but the finding of a jury carries more weight than a Davis hit piece.
Maybe my attitude will change by the end of the day, or by next week, but I wish I had voted for Riordan -- that's how I feel right now.