In the rush to blame everything that was wrong in California on the most obnoxious Democratic politician in America, a little problem crept up. Gray Davis didn’t design the regulatory framework for deregulation of power in California, Pete Wilson did. It is clear now that the power suppliers gamed the system and screwed the good people of California. Of course, this doesn’t account for how Dick Cheney could be so clueless. Willfully clueless.
California botched dereg under Wilson when his appointees handed the rule making process over to energy companies. Gray Davis deserves most of the scorn he gets, but in this case, the administration looked the othwer whay while millions of people were bilked by crony capitalism at its worst.