CA Senator Dianne Feinstein

CA Senator Dianne Feinstein has weighed in on the issue of voting No on the Recall and Yes on Bustamante, and she calls it a "hypocrisy." Well, what else would you expect from someone who almost got recalled herself when she was mayor of San Francisco?

What doesn't make any sense at all, though, is Feinstein's insistence that she will vote No on the Recall and leave the second half of the ballot blank. Now that's just plain dumb.

Consider it this way: If the issues on this ballot were actually split into two separate elections -- one in which you would vote on the recall itself, and one held later to pick a new governor in the event that Davis did indeed get recalled -- wouldn't you go vote in both elections? Especially if you're a Democrat?

So why throw away your second vote just because both elections happen to be held on the same day and happen to share the same ballot? The only statement you'd be making there is that you're more than ready to throw away your vote to make a statement. And like I said, that's just plain dumb.