[Democrats] see this is an isolated event, a venting, that will quickly pass while they fight to maintain everything they have done the past five years. My gut tells me they are wrong, that there is something deeper here, a desire for fundamental change in the way the state does business and in the way politics works, or doesn’t work, in California.
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There is a strong anti-incumbent and anti-elitist element to this Recall that Republicans would be foolhardy to ignore. There is a pervasive unaccountability in politicians of both parties that is increasingly difficult to conceal.
Nobody in the mainstream media or the elite leadership will broach this subject, so I will. Illegal immigration was the unspoken undercurrent that swept this whole thing along, even more so than the car tax. Davis' last minute pandering by reversing himself and granting the drivers licenses cemented his own demise. Even a surprisingly large percentage of Latinos were disgusted by this move! This is a popular uprising that has been in the making for ten years now.
Our civic and institutional leaders had better get it through their thick skulls that we Americans don't want our country turned into north Mexico. Decent, fair-minded people are more than willing to let in honest, law-abiding citizens, but you had better do it "by the book".