PPIC’s Poll … and Ours
The Public Policy Institute of California came out with its last pre-primary poll confirming that the Whitman-Poizner Republican gubernatorial race has closed considerably over the last two months. Whitman holds a 9-point lead over Poizner, including leading across the board in all demographic categories. Her lead has dropped dramatically since the March PPIC poll, which had Whitman ahead by 50-points.
The poll covered a lot of ground not only dealing with primary candidate races, but also potential match-ups in the general election, proposition campaigns and peeks ahead at proposition battles for November.
You can read more about all the poll results here.
Dope Is Good, but Happy Meals Are Bad?
When it comes to politics, there’s never a dull moment in California.
And when it comes to California, there’s never a shortage of kooky
political ideas.
In the past week alone, we learned that in November California voters
will decide if pot should be legal in our state. Then there’s the
proposal by one legislator to ban fast food restaurants from selling
Happy Meals in an effort to sway kids to choose tofu and yogurt over
cheeseburgers and fries.
One thing is clear: Government priorities have run amuck.
California Warmin’
California has long been known as a pioneer state willing to forge ahead in new ventures, technology, ideas and entertainment.
But if the Legislature thinks that one state acting alone can singlehandedly solve global warming, they are California Dreamin’.
A new report from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) happens to agree with our tune.