Gray Davis says he won't run for President in 2004.

In related news, it was also announced that Bozo the Clown, Osama bin Laden, Phil Donahue, Dennis Rodman, and the late Paul Wellstone, all of whom are viewed by savvy political insiders as having better prospects than Mr. Davis, won't be running either.

Wellstone would be real STIFF compitition; so might Osama.

Neither will Trent Lott!

Didn't I see all those guys together once on "Politically Incorrect?"

Has anybody heard from Pete Wilson lately? As a Republican and former Californian, I dreaded the thought of Petey being the GOP presidential nominee. The fate of his bid (was it 2000?) adds weight to my belief that there truly is a God.

Yes, but all those other non-runners haven't *announced* that they're non-runners. Isn't saying you won't run political code for saying that you will?

Yes, but he didn't promise he wasn't go to make a House or Senate bid. I hope he does. He's been annoying us in California for years; it's about time the nausea went national.

eGray wouldn't run for the House because it's beneath him as a governor -- heck, the aforementioned Wilson actually left the Senate to become governor of the Fugue State.

He also couldn't run for the Senate unless Feinstein or Boxer decide not to seek re-election -- unless he really wants to antagonize the San Francisco Democrats who constitute the only segment of California's population currently represented in the U.S. Senate...