[Gophack]

Money isn't the only factor, though it is important. Davis is going to need every dime to explain to the voters why he didn't saddle them with higher taxes, more debt, and more problems than he started with in 1998.

Dump Davis!

[daviddennis]

One of the employees of the company I work for is a staunch Democrat. He couldn't believe I had the effrontery to put a "Simon for Governor" bumper sticker on my car.

I said something like this: "Normally, I wouldn't bother doing something so gauche as expressing my political views on my car. But Davis is dangerous." He challenged me to give him the facts. So I thought for a while and put together a little package of the two best anti-Davis articles I knew of, and sent them to him. (I went straight to the source, not the copies on Free Republic).

"I'll have to think about this," was his response.

Today, much to his credit, he admitted I was absolutely right about Davis. I think that LA Weekly article about how he underfunded LA's schools while crowing about his educational performance really shook up my friend.

What this tells me is that it is possible to change people's minds, even someone who's a staunch Democrat. And, of course, the bumper sticker is effective, at least to start conversation. When was the last time you saw a Davis sticker?

D