No question that the recall process needs some reforms, but:
Recall petitions circulate on most California governors. Trying to recall Newsom is a normal thing in the sport of California politics.
Most recall efforts fail to collect enough signatures to force a recall election. This recall effort succeeded because of a confluence of blunders and decisions.
a. Newsom instituted a number of unpopular mandates to control the pandemic, including masks and business/school closures.
b. After instituting those measures, Newsom proved that he is a rich idiot by going to a fancy restaurant party in Napa where no masks were being worn and no parties were supposed to be happening.
c. A judge granted the petitioner’s request for a four-month extension to the time to collect signatures because of pandemic interference.
d. The RNC jumped in and started sponsoring signature collection.
2.a. and 2.b. pissed a lot of people off, and 2.c. and 2.d. gave them the time and resources they needed to get sufficient signatures to force the election.
After a bunch of bad luck and poor decision making, Newsom caught a big break. He was incredibly fortunate that a completely unprincipled whack-job like Elder emerged from the candidate jungle as the single alternative to Newsom.
Exactly. If it had been a reasonable (LOL) Republican with name recognition Newsom would be out on his ear. Of course the thing isn’t in the bag yet. Lots of frauding left to do before we can say that.
Or damming. It didn’t work out for Muslim terrorists to be labeled as such. These people self-identify as terrorists by their own actions. Let them wear it.
Can you imagine the kind of answers you’d get on the average bus, going up and down the aisle with a clipboard and a pencil behind your ear and two in your shirt pocket, asking passengers for their opinions on everything under the sun? Why, you’d take your life.
You all need to amend the process to require the alternative candidate to collect N + 1 votes for a successful recall, where N is the number of votes against the recall on part 1.
I laughed at this news from Nicki. But then I heard Post Malone has a cousin who took the vaccine and woke up as someone else. Now I’m signing up for vaccine reversal.
Ok. They need to get 2,600 desks and a warehouse while the recruiting efforts are underway. How are they going to protect the public they serve if they give them COVID 19?
I agree. For California to be such a progressive state why do they have a recall option for Governor? It’s really a stupid thing because it’s too easily abused.
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