Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain

You know you are in trouble when this is how you have to keep your job:

His strategy for survival, aides say, is to make the vote about anything but Gray Davis.

The governor's advisers say they intend to shift the focus away from Mr. Davis's personality and his record to what they characterize as the "right wing" agenda of the recall proponents and the high cost of the election at a time when the state faces a $38 billion deficit.

The cost angle is a decent one, I guess, but it is also moot, given that that recall is going to happen, so griping about the price tag won't help much.

And when one has an approval rating of 19% or so, the issue is far more than a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.

Source: Davis, Fighting Recall, Is Ready to Stump Against 'Right Wing'