Over the years there have been political hacks, immoral scalliwags and outright thieves leading the 50 states, and outside of waiting till they term out or sadly, political assasination, the way Kentucky Governor Bill Goebel left office, the only way to end their in office tyranny is to recall them,  Not every state has that procedure on the books, and voters in the 20 that do have found breaking up is hard to do. It’s only happened twice. North Dakota voters sent Lynn Frazier packing in 1921 and California showed Gray Davis the door in 2003.

Well shaky as the national recall effort may be, the latest polls show it’s even money that Gavin Newsom’s first agenda item on September 15th is to call Allied Van Lines. A simple majority..anything north of 50 percent of those voting Yes on the question of removing him from office and Gavin goes. Love him or hate him, Newsom has been a political lightning rod, He will tell anyone who will listen, among them Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Newsom’s Auntie the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, that the recall effort is nothing but a plot by quote “dangerous” Trump partisans who demonize California's people and values.

Well those so called partisans have convinced at least 2 million of the demonized to sign on to the Get Gavin Out movement. Win or lose the state is spending 276  million dollars on the recall effort. It’s a scandalous amount of money. Or is it? California cons pummeled the EDD out of a billion dollars in benefits under Gavins watch. Without even a text to legislators the Governor ordered massive supplies of masks and other PPE, wiring nearly a billion dollars to a company that made large contributions to his first campaign. He cut 150 million dollars for fire protection while allowing early parole to many of the inmates who would otherwise be on the fire lines this summer. Losing Newsom falls under the heading of addition by subtraction.

The recall is a two part ballot deal. Part 1 should the Governor stay or go. If the yays have it, Gavins is gone and we move on to question 2. If the Nays prevail, Newsom’s our alleged leader at least through 2022.

Should the recall prevail, it gets interesting. Voters will be charged with voting for 1 of 46 candidates. Some have political experience, most don’t. One of the most experienced, ex Congressman Doug Ose left the race after suffering a heart attack. The gubernatorial wannabe’s include a several ex politicians one woman who used to be a man, a bunch of people few voters have ever heard of  who declined to supply their views on any issue and in some cases failed to provide a photo or party affiliation,  and a longtime radio talk show host with no political experience. That would be Larry Elder, a black conservative who is making California’s political and media regulars anywhere from scared to outraged.

Elder’s using what I’ll call the prevent offense. He’s sitting on his lead, knowing as little as ten percent of the vote will be enough to make him Governor Elder, After a couple of brief meetings with the editorial boards of the states major urban newspapers, Larry’s put the lid on. No longer taking questions from reporters and refusing to participate in 4 sanctioned debates that drew many of his opponents,

He’s refused to turn over his tax returns and without giving a number states that his income derives from his own company LAURENCE A ELDER AND ASSOCIATES, which could be a clearing house for his Salem Radio salary, commercial endorsements, speaking fees and who knows what else, Well his CPA probably, but he’s not talking.

Tipped by one opponent last week that there’s more than one skeleton hanging in the elder closet, I did a little digging. Conclusion? Larry’s playing Rope A Dope...more at www.edcranescorner.com/blog-page/