San Francisco Chronicle editorial: Case not made to recall Davis

From the Chronicle
Dated Wednesday October 1

Case not made to recall Davis

FOR ALL the frenzied campaigning, the intensive media coverage and the philosophical and legal battles that have marked the state's recall campaign during the past three months, something has been missing.
None of the proponents of the recall ever made a compelling argument for abruptly booting Gov. Gray Davis out of office within a year of his re- election.
The first and most important question on the Oct. 7 ballot is whether the case has been made that the governor has engaged in malfeasance, impropriety, blatant deception or other misconduct so egregious that his immediate removal has become imperative.
It has not. The imperfections in Gray Davis that have been highlighted in this campaign were known and aired when he defeated Republican Bill Simon one year ago.

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