RE-RECALL?

It's tempting. The idea of booting Arnold out in March sounds very, very yummy. And we could do it, since unlike this election, Democratic turnout would be high in March (it would coincide with the party primary).

But at least for now, I'm going to side with Kevin Drum on this.

Trying to mount a recall against Arnold would be bad for California, bad for the Democratic party, and only distracts attention from the bigger task at hand: electing a Democrat to the White House in 2004. It's time for the circus to stop.

This is one time that we should accept defeat graciously and turn our attention to more important things. Remember, anger is only useful if it's focused and channeled on something worthwhile, and recalling Arnold isn't it. Let's not blow it.

This recall sucked a lot of attention away from the Democratic presidential candidates, and the Plame affair. The bigger fight is for the White House, to get those neocon criminals outta there. A 2nd California recall would steal the national focus all the way through Super Tuesday, and I don't think that's advisable.

If only there weren't an election year coming up. Because the Republicans deserve to deal with another recall. By using that portion of California law to get rid of Gray Davis -- a statute meant to be reserved for outright corruption, incompetence, etc -- the Republicans have opened the Pandora's box here. There would be nothing more pleasurable than to give them a taste of their own medicine. By the way, as Kos points out, since there'd already be an election going on, a new recall woudn't cost California anywhere near as much as this one did. And since Republicans started the recall effort because they couldn't get over Davis winning a fair-and-square election just a few months prior, why should we get over this?

ALL THAT BEING SAID, we need to go after the big enchilada, and that's George W Bush. That's what my priority is. Of course, my opinion on recalling Arnold could change, but not now.

Well, let me clarify that: I will not trumpet the idea that we should start a recall effort, I will leave that to others. But if someone hands me a petition, I will most definitely sign it.