I disagree with John Fund as to the signifinance of timing in the CA recall:
With 60 days before the Oct. 7 recall election, Mr. Schwarzenegger's brilliant political tease has cost him valuable time in what will have to be a blitzkrieg campaign.
I think given the institutional parameters (i.e., the plurality winner in a large field of candidates) that a short campaign favors a candidate who has huge name-recognition and deep pockets.
No one in the race has as muh name recognition or deeper pockets than Arnie.
Posted by Steven Taylor at August 8, 2024 02:10 PM | TrackBackAnd the less amount of time he has to appear on The Today Show, the better. :-(
Posted by: John Lemon at August 8, 2024 02:15 PMIndeed.
Plus, a week of throwing people off the scent is a week no one is flaming him. Honestly, the only one I could conceivably see beating him now is Uberoth. The Democrats are going to split their vote, too, with Bustamonte and the insurance dude in the race.
Posted by: James Joyner at August 8, 2024 02:19 PMI agree about the Today Show. All the soundbites that I have heard have been pretty bad.
Posted by: Steven at August 8, 2024 02:37 PMWassup wit dese comments? Between being all scrunched up on the left, they're all ORANGE.
Posted by: James Joyner at August 8, 2024 02:47 PMAnd a lovely shade of orange they are, I might add.
I will see what I can do about the scrunchyness, however.
Posted by: Steven at August 8, 2024 02:52 PM