Bush, Rove Behind CA Recall, Schwarzo Run

As early as April 2001, according to the New York Times, Rove-Bush political operatives met with Schwarzo to encourage him to run. “That would be nice,” Rove said when asked about the prospect of a Governor Schwarzenegger. "That would be really, really nice."

Schwarzo, as it happened, backed off; the GOP ended up running one of its even wackier right-wingers, and Davis was re-elected. This made the Republicans extremely angry, sources tell MWO. Since the days of Richard Nixon and then Ronald Reagan, the GOP has assumed that the Golden State rightfully belongs to them. It doesn’t anymore – but they will not have it that way.

And so, after the 2002 election, the White House went into overdrive on a plan to topple Governor Davis in defiance of the clear will of the California electorate.

The plan was ingenious. First, turn the looting of California by Dubya’s buddies at Enron to the White House’s advantage and blame Davis for the energy crisis that hit California a little while back. Remember "Kenny Boy" Lay and the rest of the Enron thieves? Well, except for a few fall guys, they’re all still sitting pretty – and now, cleverly, the White House had decided to make Gray Davis one of the fall guys. Second, blame Davis for the collapse of the dotcom boom and the drying up of federal funds that has come with Dubya’s tax cut for his rich corporate sponsors. Third, get the Republicans in the California state legislature to block the two-thirds majority needed to pass the state’s budget – and then demonize Davis as the perpetrator.

Enron, Tax Cuts, Obstructionism: it’s Bush’s latest political trifecta! Or so the White House is hoping and scheming.

Who, in California, has been coordinating the "recall" power-grab? Why, according to the Sacramento Bee, it’s none other that Bush’s chief California political operative, financier Gerry Parksy."

Joining Parsky, straight out of Karl Rove’s office, is long-time Bush strategist and Rove minion Mindy Tucker.

BuzzFlash is reporting the same story.