Conservatives may want to put aside the very worthy procedural debates over recall or no recall to notice that the media will be carrying Gray Davis’s water yet again. One factor in the rapid recall signing process was a tripling of the car tax by Davis. But AP seems to think a state official called “the deficit” signs tax increases into law:

“The budget deficit has already caused the state’s car tax to triple, and Davis’ approval rating to sink into the low 20s in many polls.”