Sour Grapes Republicans

The Republicans are at it again, this time in California. Since they lost the election for governor, they are trying to overturn the election with a recall of Gray Davis:

"The State of California is in a condition of fiscal misery that both exemplifies and dwarfs that of most other states. The Golden State was uniquely hit, both in terms of economic impact and lost taxes, by the tech meltdown of the last two years. State obligations incurred during the 2001 West Coast energy crisis continue to burden the budget. And California shares the universal problems of rising health care and education costs, uncompensated homeland security expenditures, and sinking sales and income tax revenues. The fiscal situation is so bad that Gov. Gray Davis could be forgiven if he wished he had not run for a second term last year. But now his conservative opponents are unforgivably plotting to re-run that election through a "recall" petition."