Latest CA repug strategy?

[gWbush is Mabus]

New strategy: split the Davis votes.
Some people vote for Grey Davis, while others accidentally vote for Scott Davis. Scott Davis will not comment to the media.




Slaying suspect still on ballot
Thu Aug 21, 8:07 AM ET Add Local - San Jose Mercury News to My Yahoo!

By Joshua L. Kwan, Mercury News

Scott Winfield Davis is doing most everything he can to drop out of the governor's race. But despite his efforts, a state official says Davis' name will still grace the October ballot.

Davis announced his withdrawal late Tuesday, after the Mercury News learned that the Palo Alto resident remains the "top suspect" in an unsolved slaying-arson in Atlanta, even though charges against him were dropped years ago.

The erstwhile candidate -- who said he's innocent -- has shuttered his campaign Web site. And he has e-mailed the Mercury News, saying he's departing for a brief vacation and will not speak to the media.

[RobertSeattle]

1. Doubt this would cause confusion.

Davis is only on the "recall or not recall" part of ballot. By law, Governor Davis is not allowed to be on the 2nd part.

[gWbush is Mabus]

2. but

it could split the Bustamante vote

[dfong63]

4. but, a lot of voters might not know that

By law, Governor Davis is not allowed to be on the 2nd part.

but some voters might be unaware of that fact, or might think the law had been changed.

and, how many people know that Gray is not Gov Davis's real name? how many people know what his real name is?

[Alexander]

15. His name is Joseph Graham Davis.

Although it would still say "Gray" on the ballot.

[ret5hd]

3. i don't know how to get this accomplished...

but he needs to be gotten under oath and asked if he was promised anything (re: his legal problems) if he would get on the ballot.

maybe a surprise wham-bam would elicit a surprising (and indictable) response.

[dfong63]

5. regardless of his motivation,

... if Steve Davis gets a significant number of votes, you know it'll be due to voter confusion, like in FL 2000 where the butterfly ballot design gave Pat Buchanan thousands of undeserved votes.

[realFedUp]

6. So, Scott will ten more votes than from just his mother....

I am counting on voters being at least literate.

[0007]

7. They gotta be kidding

*

[slackmaster]

11. Who do you mean by "they"?

:shrug:

[qb]

8. There' s also a "Dan Feinstein" (nt)

[slackmaster]

10. And Michael Jackson, and Edward "Ed" Kennedy

And Robert "Butch" Dole, and on and on and on.

[BrotherBuzz]

12. Don't forget S. Issa, too.

[slackmaster]

9. I hate to throw cold water on your thread, but Davis is an independent

Not a Republican.

See http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/2003_cert_cand.htm

[zbdent]

13. Could Ah-nold have doomed his own election?

He claims that the voters are smart.

If they are, then they would probably see that this recall election is a sham, and that the machinations of the Republican governor and the energy companies were the ones who got the state in such terrible shape to begin with.

[DBoon]

14. Evil idea

Too bad we could not have convinced another "Schwartznegger" to run, say there must be an "Alice Schartznegger" in CA somewhere.

[pmbryant]

16. Locking

Please use the actual headline of the article when you post a news story. Also, please provide a link if one is available.

Thanks,
pmbryant
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