On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:06:36 -0700 (PDT), Brion Vibber vibber@aludra.usc.edu gave utterance to the following:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Richard Grevers wrote:
Excuse my ignorance of the US electoral system, but are there gubnertorial contests happening in some or all of the other states at the same time? If there are, then why should California be singled out, other than for the reason that California tends to be self aggrandizing? And the reason for that might be that it is home to the third-largest film and TV industry in the world and the accompanying media circus?
It's not a regularly scheduled election, but a highly unusual recall of a governor who was elected less than a year ago.
Imagine if the prime minister of New Zealand or Ireland were being thrown out on his ear, and tell me we shouldn't cover it?
I would expect us to cover it, but not with 200 articles on individual candidates. (Well, you wouldn't get that in NZ because you vote for a party whose leader would become PM if they can form a government, but we have about 30 political parties on our voting form - 7 of whom are currently represented.)