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Weintraub: Arnold out, Riordan in
The recall calculus is altered if what Dan Weintraub of the Sacto Bee reports on his blog is true: that Schwarzenegger has opted not to run, meaning that former mayor Richard Riordan probably will. Weintraub posted at 6:30 a.m., which could mean he begins reporting pretty early in the day -- or had it last night and sat on it. Aside from any effect on Gray Davis, the main L.A. question is does this finally kill Riordan's newspaper dream?
Update 1:20 p.m.: Weintraub's other source, Schwarzenegger's political adviser, says Arnold has made no decision yet.
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Personally, I dislike Riordan more than I do the average politician. Even so, it is fair of me to say that the Republican party in California must be in a bad way if they can do no better than this guy as their main candidate in the recall, considering his dismal decline and failure to win the Republican nomination not all that long ago. In state politics Riordan defines the word 'loser'.
Increasingly, despite all of the signatures and the hoopla, I believe the recall will fail. While I do not blame Davis personally for all of California's problems, as a politician I also dislike him (even more so once I heard of his intention to sign a bill allowing illegal aliens to get driver's licenses), and believe he deserves to be booted out of office.
It is sad that no clear favorite to replace him has emerged, which to me is testimony to the mediocrity of California politics right now.
We will see what happens between now and the recall election.
Posted by: EH at July 29, 2003 02:12 AM