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Davis Chides GOP for Budget Behavior He added, "There has to be finality in the electoral process. I think when you're asking leaders to make tough decisions, you can't be looking over your shoulder every five minutes." Davis angrily singled out for criticism Issa, who donated $100,000 to the slow-moving recall campaign on May 8 and filed papers for a gubernatorial campaign Thursday. "If Mr. Issa wants to run [for governor], he should come in the front door, not the back door," Davis said. "It's shameful that somebody would finance a recall and then say he wants to run. It's pathetic. Stand up and be a man. Run like most people do." A spokesman for Issa dismissed the governor's comments. "This is classic Gray Davis: Blame others for your problems and don't take responsibility," said Scott Taylor, gubernatorial campaign consultant for Issa. "With his dismal approval rating, it would appear that the majority of Californians feel that his conduct in office and his administration's conduct in office is shameful." Recall supporters said they have gathered 100,000 of the nearly 900,000 signatures of registered voters they must obtain by Sept. 1 to force a vote. Political Future Davis alluded to his political future at one point, saying: "I have no other offices in mind. I have one goal, which is to leave this state better off than when we found it. I am convinced that things will get better." Armed with a copy of his revised budget and carrying a sheaf of notes, he repeated his support for reforms to reduce the volatility in state spending and tax collections. He advocated "some sort of restraint on spending" but resisted describing it as a spending cap, a Republican-supported budget device that many Democrats and interest groups oppose. Asked if such a cap would be a bargaining chip to win Republican votes for a budget, Davis answered affirmatively with a flippant: "Uh, hello?"
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