The Gubernatorial Election Won’t be Decided by a Voting Record
Meg Whitman was wrong not to vote for many years, as she admits, but I find it surprising that the union funded independent expenditure chose to kick off its television ad campaign against her on this issue. You would think the unions would want to get to its solution for fixing the California budget crisis – raising taxes by $40 billion dollars.
Okay, maybe they want to keep that a secret.
It’s unlikely the issue of voting will have a great impact. The same charge was made against our current governor in the recall election of 2003 and did not stop his winning campaign.
Where is Barbara?
To paraphrase White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, "Never let a crisis go to waste."
Clearly, Barack Obama agrees with his chief of staff’s philosophy.
Last week during his first Oval Office address, President Barack Obama
spent a significant part of it trying to convince the American people
that in the wake of what’s happening in the Gulf, now is the time to
implement radical energy and climate reform legislation – which for
Barack Obama and some of his Democrat supporters, means a so-called
cap-and-trade system…or a national energy tax.
To "move" this economy-changing legislation through Congress – a feat
doubted by many in his own party – Barack Obama needs the United States
Senate to act legislatively…and that "action" will require 60 votes to
stop a filibuster. Sensing the timing may be right, or, in truth, that
the legislative calendar for the year is nearing its end and Democrats
need to rush home to campaign for November’s elections, the President
will soon call a group of Republican and Democrat Senators to the White
House to discuss this so-called energy and climate "reform" effort.
A Day Late and a Few Pesos Short
California State Senator Gil Cedillo (along with the California
Latino Legislative Caucus) proposed a Resolution on Wednesday that would force
California to boycott the state of Arizona in light of that state’s tough
crackdown on illegal immigrants.
I could be wrong, but wasn’t that last month’s story? Seems to me our
buddy Gil Cedillo is a day late and a few pesos short of a sound idea.
To be sure, this is right up Cedillo’s alley. He is, after all, the State
Senator who has continued pushing for Driver’s Licenses for illegal
immigrants. But calling for a boycott against one of our fellow
southwestern states and trying to strip them of the 2011 All-Star MLB
game seems silly at this point when there are so many other pressing
matters facing OUR State.