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Considering he's getting recalled, it's irrelevant what people thought of him in November. The "vast" minority is "well over" 12% of the voting population, it's fair because it, however much -you- may not like having a liberal recalled, is well within the legal rules of California. If you want to bitch about the democratic process being made a mockery of, I would suggest changing/abolishing your recall laws, because they're a part of that democratic process.
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It is, in fact, highly relevant what people thought of him in November, when better than 50% thought he was good enough to be elected. Now, what you've got is the will of 12% of the population trumping the will of more than 50%. No matter how you slice it, that's manifestly undemocratic. I mentioned earlier that there is precious little chance of the recall withstanding Constitutional scrutiny, but there you are. Bad laws are on the books in every state - there's probably a few of them mentioned in the humor forum. This is just one of them.
One other point - I don't care if it's a Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, or any other party politician. Once he or she has been elected, barring the commission of a crime, then he or she should remain in office for the duration of his or her term.
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This is about how much incompetence they can take before they decide to do something about it.
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Apparently, the answer to that is "two months worth." That's how long Davis was in office for this term before the recall effort was launched. Don't even begin to try and tell me that two months is enough to determine a governor's incompetence, particularly not one who has thirty-plus years in state politics and who had, in fact, already served a four-year term immediately prior to his reelection.
This is partisan politics subverting the will of the voter, plain and simple.