John Fund (where has he been lately?) makes the case that the recall of Gavin Newsom will be a disaster for the whole country. He doesn’t think he’s making that case, but he is:
Democrats are in panic mode over the possible recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Opponents have raised over $80 million to fight the September 14 recall — seven times more than what supporters of the recall have done. Public employee unions are the biggest contributors to Newsom, but George Soros is in for more than $1 million.
The anti-recall, pro-Newsom campaign has deployed 700 staffers to target 10.3 million voters and take advantage of California’s 2016 legalization of ballot harvesting — which allows political operatives to pick up and deliver mail-in ballots.What Democrats are worried about in part is that if the recall succeeds in a state as blue as California it could have the kind of impact that Republican Scott Brown’s upset victory in a special election for Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat had in 2010. That shock result killed any chance of Congress passing a carbon tax and it weakened the final version of ObamaCare, almost leading to the capsizing of the entire bill.
The details of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending extravaganza are likely to be unveiled the same week of the recall. If Newsom is turfed out of office, Biden’s bill could be threatened by such a raw demonstration of public anger with liberal governance.
Voter anger in the hinterlands did kill a “comprehensive” immigration amnesty bill in 2014. GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated in a stunning primary upset by Dave Brat, an unknown economics professor, who tagged Cantor as a closet supporter of amnesty. After Cantor’s defeat, any immigration bill was a non-starter.If the recall succeeds, Kaus asks: “What Democratic pol wants to make himself one of the Newsoms of 2022 by passing Biden’s budget-busting agglomeration of still more liberal policy dreams (including, at the moment, another amnesty)?’
Kaus believes that the candidacy of Larry Elder, the radio talk show host who leads in all the polls in the electionthat would select Newsom’s replacement if he were recalled, is “significant because it’s a missile aimed at the Biden New Deal.”
I don’t think you needs any more than that to motivate you to vote, do you?
The polls showing Elder as the opposition “frontrunner” has him at about 20%. It’s only because of this ridiculous recall law that he could win the election if Newsom fails to get a majority.
Here’s our future Governor if Mickey Kaus has his way:
If you haven’t mailed in your ballot, do it now.