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It's an overused cliche that California is known for seismic tremors, but there's no getting around the fact that yesterday?s dramatic upheavals in the recall campaign against Gov. Gray Davis were, well, earthshaking. Voters woke up Thursday morning to a completely different race. Arnold Schwarzenegger?s shock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California, the Political Earth Moves | 8/7/2003 | See Source »

California Governor Gray Davis may have a 22% approval rating and the personality of the tofu shakes he drinks every morning, but he has always been a tough campaigner. In the state's unprecedented recall election set for Oct. 7, however, he faces a campaign unlike any he has ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Davis vs. Davis | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

His strategy is becoming clear: run against the recall effort itself. His private polling has shown voters turn against it when they realize it will cost upwards of $30 million. Davis will also attack the recall as an effort by defeated G.O.P. members to usurp power and carry out a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Davis vs. Davis | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

If not, one Democrat to watch is Feinstein. "Nothing I know right now interests me in running," she said last week. But that leaves her some wiggle room, should things change. She is more popular in the state than Davis and has long been thought to covet the governorship. (She...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Davis vs. Davis | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

DIED. JAMES E. DAVIS, 41, New York City councilman from Brooklyn; after being shot by Othniel Askew, 31, an opponent Davis had brought into the building as his guest; in New York City. Having fended off a challenge from the political novice, Davis escorted Askew into City Hall without going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 4, 2003 | 8/4/2003 | See Source »

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