Well, well, the Dems managed to muster up more party discipline than I gave them credit for. They managed to persuade Garamendi to drop out of the race. That means that the Republican vote will be split between (at least) Arnold, Bill Simon and Tom McClintock. This might mean that the Donkeys keep control of the governorship.

I'm not necessarily unhappy about that, because if that happens, it will continue to be clearly their mess, and it will bode ill for them next year.

The California Secretary of State web site has been updated several times a day with the number of candidates broken down by party. Every time I looked, there were nearly as many Democrats who had completed filing as everyone else. Here is the direct link: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/recall_cand.htm

Most of the candidates probabably aren't serious...

A lot depends on whether the same Democrats who wanted eGray out are strictly anti-Davis, or more generically anti- the party establishment. The party's effort to close ranks behind Davis might end up widening the scope of their anger.