The field is set now for California’s recall election on September 14, with 46 names on the ballot as potential replacements, should voters oust Governor Newsom from office.

This weekend, the California Republican Party will meet to decide whether to endorse one of the challengers to Newsom, or whether to stay out of the fray. The latest polls show Governor Newsom with a lead, but not a huge one, and a lot may hinge on whether Democrats turn out to vote, and whether one of the Republican contenders catches fire the way Arnold Schwarzenegger did 18 years ago.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising were joined by KCBS Political Reporter Doug Sovern and Garry South, the longtime California Democratic political strategist who managed Gray Davis’ two winning campaigns for governor in 1998 and 2002, although he did not run the Davis campaign when Davis was recalled in 2003.