The big gaffe over Davis’ check from COPS hasn’t hurt Simon, since viewers saw the picture and are already accustomed to the idea that Davis is for sale. George Will thinks Simon still has a chance, as he trails by only 7 percent:
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Last Saturday morning, after another pratfall in a star-crossed, accident-prone and banana-peel-strewn campaign, a nevertheless ebullient Bill Simon, Republican candidate for governor in a state that has not voted for a Republican presidential or senatorial candidate since 1988 or for a Republican gubernatorial candidate since 1994, said: “We’re close.” Noting the incredulity of his interlocutor, he added: “I swear.”
It’s possible. Davis doesn’t inspire his base, so if we assume low Democratic turn out, especially among Latinos, sizable numbers of liberals voting Green, and a heavy Republican turnout, a Simon win is plausible. The heavy turnout thing is Simon’s main task.
a rather sad state of affairs in California..
No kidding Davis doesn’t inspire his base. IIRC correctly his campaign slogan is something to effect:
“You may not agree with I have done, but I am trying.”