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Any minute now, the California State Supreme Court could come out with its decision on whether it will deal with various legal challenges to the recall. Among the challenges is one (with some possible legal support) that the 2nd recall question (who to suceed Davis) should be thrown out, saying that if Davis is recalled then Lt Governor Cruz Bustamante would be upgraded to the top spot.

Here's a thought: Let's say the Justices rule that the 2nd question should be dumped. Naturally, Issa and the other few financial backers of the recall wont let the prospect of a Republican successor to Davis (Ahh-nuld or otherwise) die so easily. Thus, they're likely to appeal to the federal bench . . . so guess where this could go. Only it wont. The Nino have been doing their darnedest since Bush v. Gore to create an alternate legacy (just ask Justice Kennedy, who penned the sweeping ruling in the Texas sodomy case), so I doubt they'd intervene to help carry out what essentially amounts to another Republican coup. Also, the higher on the national stage this goes, the more it may remind the American people of all that Florida business, and that is not what the Bushies nor the national GOP wants (especially since the recall supporters want a rushed special election that may disenfranchise a lot of potential voters who would probably vote against the recall). The RNC (which has already distanced itself from the recall effort) would protest the CSC's ruling, but tell state Republicans to at least be happy that Davis was out. But of course, given their circular-firing-squad nature, who knows if they'll listen.

Before I get too carried away, I remind myself that the CSC hasn't made any decisions yet, and will soon. But that was fun, wasn't it?