Why Oh Why Can't We Have Better Democratic Candidates?

Neither Democratic gubernatorial candidate--neither Westly nor Angelides--is doing us, or him, any favors:

Daily Kos: State of the Nation: CA-Gov: this sucks: by kos: Tue May 30, 2006 at 11:11:01 AM PDT: So what do you do when your two gubernatorial aspirants, Steve Westley and Phil Angelides, let their primary battle degenerate into a disgusting, slimy pit of bullshit attack ads and surrogate whisper smear campaigns?

I quit. I hate them both. Someday, California Democrats will have the option to choose from candidates who inspire, not the Gray Davises, Cruz Bustamantes, and the two candidates currently stinking up the Democratic side of the ticket.

The sad thing is that we need a strong turnout for this race to help Francine Busby win in CA-50. But the way this is going, if I want to vomit and throw out my absentee ballot, I can't imagine what it's doing to less tuned-in and political Californians, especially in that district.