"Once Davis exhausts all of his legal challenges, and realizes his fate, he'll resign." -- Ravenwood, July 24, 2003.

"We have to be careful not to get divided and allow them to take California through this fluke recall election. If (Sen.) Dianne Feinstein is talked into getting onto the ballot, I hope Gray Davis would step down." -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, August 2, 2003.

After last month's prediction that California Gov. Gray Davis will resign, I received some criticism. I also started to question whether or not I'd be eating crow, after Davis ramped up his re-re-election campaign and started fund raising.

As the deadline for filing approaches, however, Democrats united behind Davis are starting to waver. Now Rep. Maxine Waters seems more than a bit concerned that the Democrat's control of the Governorship will be left up to a general election.

She has given me the resolve to renew my prediction. I still think the Dems will have Davis resign so that they have more control over the process. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Davis resigns at any time before the recall election, the Dems will simply be able to pick a successor rather than have the voters do it. That seems like a more favorable scenario for the Dems than leaving it up to the voter.