"Elections Are Usually a Contest Between People"

"'That being said, we still have to do the people's business. … And there are other societal challenges that get pushed to the side, at least temporarily, while this recall issue is debated. So all I'm saying is once this election is over, I think people of good intentions in both Republican and Democrat parties ought to sit down and see if they can't agree to reduce the questions on the ballot to just one question.'"

Emily Hoeven at CalMatters interviews former governor Gray Davis about California's recall election.

David Edward Burke at Washington Monthly calls for an overhaul of the recall process.

And Steve Lopez at the Los Angeles Times says that the recall campaign has ignored California's biggest problem: income inequality.