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To: JohnM who wrote (3956)	7/30/2003 8:24:15 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 793600

Would they be this sneaky? I don't think so, the backstabbing would kill the Dems in California. Calif. Dems "DoomDavis" Plan? The latest recall news from ... Aspen! By Mickey Kaus Are the Dems about to ditch Davis? The latest rumor going around makes so much sense I doubt its veracity--it's logical enough to have started spontaneously. Here it is: 1) DNC chair Terry McAuliffe, desperate to hold the governorship of California for his party, convinces popular U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein to jump into the race next week, two days before the filing deadline; 2) What can incumbent Democratic Gov. Gray Davis do? Nothing. He won't accept it. He'll fight the recall vote. But if his fellow Democrats--many of whom hate him--turn their backs on him en masse he'll lose the recall by a huge margin. Feinstein will win the "replacement election" easily. 3) This strategy also should knock out Arianna Huffington, who has said she won't run if Feinstein runs. 4) Who then gets appointed to fill Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat? Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante! Democrats get points for having a Latino Senator. ... The only obvious flaw I see in this deliciously backstabbing strategy is that Davis' polls will probably not be that bad until Feinstein jumps in, so the rationale for ditching Davis may be weak. But I guess McAuliffe can argue that the party can't take the risk. ...Reader J.B. notes another flaw: Unless DiFi promises not to run for reelection as Governor in 2006 (and why should she?) this move would force California's other ambitious Democratic state constitutional offficers--e.g. Attorney General Lockyer, Insurance Commissioner Garamendi, Treasurer Angelides--to abandon any hope of running for governor until 2010. They may not go along. ... Update: The secret DoomDavis plan may already have been put into action. .... Buried lede: But kf's omnipresent spies say Arianna's been telling her co-conferees at Walter Isaacson's Davosesque Aspen "Brainstorm" conference that she's learned Feinstein's not running--and that she, Arianna, is. ... Note to Walter, Arianna: Don't even try to find out my source! I have so many potential agents in place you'll never sort through them all! ... slate.msn.com

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