Prince of Darkness Bob Novak reports that Calif. Dems urge Davis to resign
Prominent California Democrats are pressing to get Gov. Gray Davis to resign rather than face a recall that may replace him with a Republican governor in a special October election.
And goes on to get the facts on the recall wrong, as Dan Weintraub points out.
Don’t get your hopes up, or down, as the case may be, on Novak’s rumor; the last thing Davis is going to do is leave town with his tail between his legs and Cruz Bustamante in the corner office. Like anti-hero Meursault in Camus’ L’ Etranger, Davis dreams of final vindication, and he hates Cruz, so the poor bastard will hold on to the end. The only question in my book is when Sheila Kuehl, his first supporter and primary ruiner of his tenure, will abandon him. My guess is pretty soon, but not before she sees an opportunity to attach herself to the next rump descending on the seat of power.