Is Davis Finished?
James Taranto on the Gray Davis recall:
Back in March, we noted that a poll had found “an unnamed Democrat would edge out President Bush.” The problem, of course, is that in “an unnamed Democrat” can’t actually run in a presidential race. Instead of their ideal or preferred choices, voters next November will have to choose between the incumbent and one of the actual guys now running–all of whom were losing to Bush in that same poll.But the California recall actually does pit Davis against an unnamed candidate. And Davis is a lot more unpopular than Bush. Party loyalty may be enough to persuade most registered Democrats to vote for the governor–but that’ll still leave him well below the 50% threshold. For this reason, we’d be very surprised to see Davis survive.