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...been on the phone constantly consulting with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, hoping to keep her in his camp, she had quietly been talking to fellow members of the California House delegation and state officials about finding a backup candidate. Their first choice: Senator Dianne Feinstein, the most popular politician in the state. "If Dianne got in," a Democratic insider said, "he was dead...
...because the Governor has come back so many times, but Gray has little to no hope of surviving this mess. Years from now he?ll probably look back at August 6th as the day his political career died. Ironically, the day started out well for him: Senator Dianne Feinstein, the state?s most popular pol, announced she would not be jumping into the race. Feinstein, who survived a recall attempt in 1983 when she was Mayor of San Francisco, called the Davis recall a destructive carnival. But while she refused to join the circus, she didn?t expressly call...
...Feinstein?s announcement left the rest of the state?s Democrats still panicking over whether they should stand by Davis or put forward a replacement candidate. But once Schwarzenegger said he would run, they couldn?t take the pressure. Twelve Democratic members of the state?s congressional delegation held a worried conference call and agreed they needed a Democrat on the ballot, their top choice being Bustamante or former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta. Shortly afterward, Bustamante, who had up until now stood solidly behind the Governor, announced he would run. With Schwarzenegger representing Republicans and Bustamante representing Democrats...
...solid Democrat files, it would be a vote of no confidence," says Allen Hoffenblum, a G.O.P. consultant, "and then it ceases being a recall election and becomes a gubernatorial election." Davis has constantly been on the phone with top Democrats like House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein. His hope is that in the two weeks before the Aug. 9 deadline for filing, he will cut a budget deal, nudge his poll numbers higher and thus bolster confidence in the party that he can survive...
...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 lost a shot at it in 1990.) She also comes to the race with rare experience. In 1983 when she was mayor of San Francisco, she too faced a recall election. She won handily. --By Terry McCarthy and Karen Tumulty