Governor Davis has some breathing room thanks to an Appeal Court postponing the California recall. Republicans and anti-Davis people are whining that this helps Davis.

But does it?

If the conspiracy theorists are right this will help Republicans - big time.

If California is forced to go electronic then give California to Arnold or McClintlock. Paranoid, conspiracy types say (and with good reason) that the companies that sell the electronic machines (Diebold, for example) are run by outwardly Pro-Rebulican supporters AND that voting by electronic means is very open to manipulation. No accountability which is just the way the Republicans like it.

So the postponement MAY help Davis but if California has to go fully electronic look for a surprise Republican win. Heck, if the U.S. goes entirely electronic look to see the major and many minor states having Republican Governors with just enough Democrats to look good but, in reality, be ineffective.