Cynical and vindictive

Chicago Sun-Times: California going coup-coup

"..."If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed," de Tocqueville wrote, "that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation."

This is what is happening in California. The recall campaign against Gov. Gray Davis is an assault on democratic institutions. Led by right-wing Republican activists, this campaign is a cynical and vindictive effort to nullify last year's gubernatorial election in which the unpopular Davis narrowly won a second four-year term..."