Davis could seal Bush win in 2004

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | 11/10/02 | Chris Weinkopf

[Ten Megaton Solution]

I find it incredible that these people think that Red Davis of Kalifornia or Howard Dean of Vermont could ever a national race. Very out of touch.

Gotta remember, massive spending, failed economies, tax increases, none of this matters to Democrats. Davis' extortion racket will easily gain him $100 Million by 2004, he's all for abortion, the media will forgive his increasing the dioxin levels in San Francisco Bay, amd he'll easily gain $100 Million in campaign cash by 2004.

Oh, I already said that. But gaining the Democratic Party Presidential nomination only requires that Davis sucker already stupid people into voting for him. He may not beat Bush, but he can beat Al Gore.

[Saundra Duffy]

There's a rumor going around that Assemblyman Mike Briggs wants to coordinate the effort for a ballot initiative something like this: No one can take your child out of public school to receive medical attention (including mental health) WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT. Do you think it will fly?

[leilani]

"All of which means that on top of securing the Senate, the House and a bevy of high-profile governorships, Nov. 5 might also have netted Bush a 2004 opponent who is scandal-plagued, personality-deprived, loathed in his own state and a tax-hiker to boot." Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. The guv is a walking disaster. Can't see the mainland (read:non-california) being as self-flagellating as malibu folks and actually voting for this freak. Ain't gonna happen. In the real world (read: outside of LA), people don't vote while under the influence of PCP.

[Ten Megaton Solution]

Come, on. Millions of people voted for Al Bore, thousands voted for the Red Queen. Some people even voted for the Bull Dyke Barbeque ahem in the Florida gubernatorial primary.

Democrats are so stupid they'll vote for anything if it promises to let them kill their babies, and to steal money from others.

[leilani]

"Democrats are so stupid they'll vote for anything if it promises to let them kill their babies, and to steal money from others." Hey, watch it now. You're talking about my Aunt Hazel Sue back home in the trailer park. Seriously, I don't think most folks who vote for democrats are voting FOR abortion or FOR higher taxes. These are both just way too sophisticated concepts for Aunt Hazel & my doofus cousins to grasp, sadly. (And we all wondered why democrats were against school choice - could it be they have a vested interest in keeping the populace dumb & inbred? Duhhhh...)

[scannell]

Oh Please, put Davis up ad the D canidate in 04...

The Democrats will soon realize that they will have to put up a sacrificial candidate and the insiders will try and find one that in losing gives something to the Democrats moving forward, even if only a point to withdraw from. Sort of like the catharsis from the liberal McGovern resulting inprogressively more conservative candidates until they got to Carter then Clinton. The curent move is just the pendellum going left and they will probably take advantage of the left swing on a losing year (2004)

[roballen]

He'take California easily- so they can get rid of him, same as with klintoon in Arkansas in '92.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Good piece.

[Davis is only a proven winner in California, a state so hopelessly liberal that voters just approved $18.55 billion in spending bonds, despite an ongoing budget crisis -- the political equivalent of putting a big-screen TV on your American Express card the day you get laid off from work.}

Sad but true.

[And then there was Davis' opponent, the hapless Bill Simon, who through his incessant campaign stumblings ended up looking stupid -- the only flaw voters will not forgive. For a small plurality of Californians, even Davis' naked corruption was easier to stomach than Simon's political ineptitude.]

Also sad but true.

[There aren't many other Democrats with much to boast about these days, let alone among those eyeing a run in 2004.]

Except for JFK (the current version) and Hitlery!

[Longtime presidential wannabe Dick Gephardt was so frustrated by his eight-year inability to retake the House of Representatives that after last week's election, he promptly resigned as House minority leader.]

Only point I disagreed with. Gephardt resigned because he was going to be thrown out on his arse by he Pelosi faction. This is ironic, because he was one of the few dimo leaders who had been reading the tea leaves prior to Nov 05. He probably saved them from greater losses.

I can't wait for the new dimo leadership to "better articulate their case" by explaining that the dims are against national defense, against national security, for international terrorism and malevolent dictatorships, for socialized medicine, for failing socialized education camps (aka government schools), for abortion up to and including the day of birth, etc. We're all ears.

[ChadGore]

The amazing thing ? CA is an electorial right off for Bush. He'll never win it, no matter how hard he tries, so why not run against someone from CA? Davis taking the electorial votes in CA doesn't hurt GWB a bit.

[WOSG]

I heard on Paul Harvey that Davis made an unusual promise before the election: NOT TO RUN FOR A POLITICAL OFFICE AGAIN.

I think this is absurd speculation.

A failed Governor running against a popular President? Lunacy.

(Then again that is what Clinton did.)

[SevenofNine]

OHH COME ON Grey Out
DO IT DO IT

I want see you get punk by Dubya GOP party in 2004

COME ON BABY GO FOR IT LOL!

Let good time roll baby

[goldstategop]

It wasn't an all Gray Davis blowout. His party unlike President Bush's LOST seats in both houses of the State Legislature! Just don't expect the Los Angeles Times to remind you of this.

[ER_in_OC,CA]

CORRECTION
I wrote: "The legendary Prop 9 - Property Tax Reform," when in fact, the iniative was Proposition 13.

[CyberAnt]

They really think Davis was a big winner??

These people are definitely on drugs ...??