I like the way the recall monkey wrenches the system. The party bosses (read state bosses) wield little power and a popular candidate can slide through... of course the compressed time schedule means a popular nut can get by as well, not that the press does much of a job of identifying nuts. Despite the body building career, Arnie doesn't strike me as a nut, maybe just a little misguided.
I wonder if the genie is out of the bottle out there? Will a series of governors face this? Davis may be a special case, he is easy to hate. If this country had an organized third party this would have been a great opportunity.