E tenebras, lux dormiens

Now in the fourth act of five in this ridiculous political melodramatic opera (the entrance of Arnold Schwarzenneger into the political fray), we must now reconsider the form of government and constitution that California has to avoid the damned appearance of the recall effort as something akin to "an act of partisan spite" (Economist "Democracy as Chaos" 9/8/03).

The first act occurs after the election of Governor Gray Davis, it was nine months of struggle with the budget where nothing was happening.

The second act is the recall effort, now being funded a car-alarm businessman, that has reached enough signatures to remove the democratically-elected Governor Gray Davis from office. Between this and the violation of stupid constitutionally-set deadline for agreeing to a budget solution to the $38 billion deficit, all hell breaks lose.

In the third act, the space of weeks before the deadline for registering to become a candidate has seen a disgusting flurry of people interested in governing over 38 million Californian residents. Porn stars, gamblers, 18-year-olds, 98-year-olds, and 238 others declared their unofficial candidacy. Then, Senator Diane Feinstein declined running for presidency and Arnold Schwarzenneger, who had been tantalizing people with question of "is he? isn't he?", declares that he is in the running. Thus ends the third act.

The fourth act will be the half-baked campaigning. But the shocker is that the Lieutenant Governor of California, whom only 60 percents of all Californians really know, Cruz M. Bustamante promptly became the last best hope for the Democrats if the votes for the recall should succeed because he has a 3 points higher rating in the poll against Gubernatorial Candidate Arnold Schwarzenneger. The fourth act will end with the election, whether set in October or in March.

The fifth act is not yet known.