Or how he brokered a sweetheart deal for SoCal Edison.
Yes, it looks like this is going to be an ugly campaign. But intuition tells me that somehow Simon is going to pull out a narrow victory over Davis. I know Davis is going to get stomped in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties and in the agricultural areas of the Central & Imperial vallies. It's a question of whether Davis can pull enough votes out of the Democratic urban areas of LA, San Francisco, and Oakland. Let's not get overconfident folks, this is going to be close. We're going to need a big Republican turnout and I think Simon will get it.
The Davis Administration has done a terrible job at managing the electric power issue and Simon will be able to pound on this issue with a strong reaction from the voters. Believe me, it wasn't anything Davis did that kept the lights on here in 2002. It was the realization by Calif. residents that we were in a huge crisis that lead to major energy conservation by individuals and businesses. It's this reduction in demand, also spurred by higher electric rates, that saved this state from blackouts and possible bankruptcy. Everyone here knows the truth: Davis and his people got us into this mess and it was ordinary Californians who prevented disaster.