With 8 days to go, I'm pleased to announce my own recall contest. You can pretty much be sure of who the top five vote-getters will be: Arnold, Camejo, Bustamante, Huffington and McClintock.
What I'd like you to do is guess who comes in sixth.
Posted by patheticearthlings at September 29, 2003 06:51 AMI have no idea who it will be, but I just wanted to give a thumbs-up for the title of this entry.
Posted by: Marsha at September 29, 2003 08:01 AMGood question. A close call between the Republican mediator Heather Peters and the protest, pro-smoking, Libertarian candidate Ned Roscoe. I'd say Peters, and predict the following outcome.
1. Schwarzenegger
2. Bustamante
3. McClintock
4. Camejo
5. Huffington
6. H. Peters
7. Ned Roscoe
8. G. Gruener
9. Brooke Adams
10.Trek Thunder Kelly.
Mary Carey, without a doubt. I think she even has a chance to break into the top 5.
Posted by: gw at September 29, 2003 08:37 AMThe other "Arnold," of course -- Gary Coleman.
Posted by: McGehee at September 29, 2003 08:49 AMBased on spending, it would be hard to bet against Garrett Gruener. He's the only one outside the top tier to run ads.
I am calling my top ten this way:
1. Schwarzenegger
2. Bustamante
3. McClintock
4. Camejo (yes, he will beat Arianna. Watch.)
5. Huffington
6. Garrett Gruener
7. Heather Peters
8. Georgy Russell
9. Joe Guzzardi (a lot of the far, far right REALLY like him on immigration)
10. Peter Ueberroth (I know a couple of folks voting for him even though he is out).
Other possibles in the top ten: Brooke Adams, Dan Feinstein, Reva Renee Renz, Iris Adam, Audie Bock, and someone from porn.
Posted by: Hugo Schwyzer at September 29, 2003 09:53 AM6. Peter Uberroth
7. Larry Flynt
8. Bill Simon
9. Garret Greuner
10. Gary Coleman
My guess is that it will one of the following: Scott "I didn't do it, nobody saw it, you can't prove anything" Davis, Ed Kennedy, Dan Feinstein, Robert "Butch" Dole, S. Issa or Michael Jackson. Then again, I wouldn't rule out Simon or Ueberroth; both have dropped out, but that doesn't mean no one will vote for them.
As to who should get the sixth place, I'm with Heather Peters (full disclosure: I know her).
Posted by: Xrlq at September 29, 2003 10:39 AMSpooky, you're clearly too much of a policy wonk!
The porn contingent may be a bigger bloc than the Greens, but they've got a McClintock with boobs to be the spoiler. Here's my guess:
1. Arnold
2. Bustamonte
3. McClintock
4. Camejo
5. Huffington
6. Larry Flynt
7. Uberoff
8. Mary Carey
9. Ask Jeeves Gruener
10. Bill Simon