Poll Indicates No Ideal Candidate for Voters in Governor’s Race
The Field Poll released yesterday showed weaknesses for both major candidates for governor. Voters are not pleased with Meg Whitman’s voting record and Jerry Brown’s age. Being a wealthy candidate is a negative (Whitman), as is being a candidate backed by labor unions (Brown).
Mixed messages from the voters to the candidates appeared in the poll. The voters seemed to like someone who has experience dealing with the legislature (Brown), on the other hand business experience is good, too (Whitman.)
Californians also said they back the new national health care law and the Arizona immigration law … two issues that may work together for the voters but don’t line up with either major political party.
What Happened? Signatures and Unemployment Insurance
While putting together the program for a free, public international conference on initiative and referendum (it’s called the 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy and you can register here:), I’ve been hearing dozens of accounts of the strange ballot initiative qualification season that has just been concluded.
The season was puzzling. Why did it seem to cost just as much as always to gather signatures – even in the midst of a crippling recession that should have made it easy to find people to circulate initiative petitions cheaply? And why did the signatures come so slowly-causing delays that saw a half-dozen initiative sponsors turn in signatures far too close to the deadline for comfort?
The answer I’ve received from a half-a-dozen players in the signature game?
The Real Reason CMA Doesn’t Want Doctors to Work for Hospitals in Underserved Communities
Last week marked a
meaningful step towards improved heath care access for hundreds of
thousands of medically underserved Californians. SB 726 (Ashburn),
which would allow public hospitals in rural and medically underserved
communities hire a limited number of doctors passed on the Assembly
Floor by a nearly two-to-one majority.
This is especially satisfying because the California Medical
Association (CMA), a tour de force when it comes to political
influence, has become a formidable foe to the growing number of
Californians on Medi-Cal.
CMA quantifies the number of the States
doctors willing to treat Medi-Cal to be 30% – that’s 30% of 128,000, or
38,400, for 6.5 million, soon to be an estimated 9.0 million as a
result of Health Care Reform. While one can respect a private practice
doctors right to choose who he or she will treat; it is hard to
understand why CMA would be against legislation that would support
doctors willing to practice in communities where Medi-Cal and uninsured
are the majority of a community’s population.
Is President Obama ‘pro-business’ or ‘anti-business’?
Originally appeared on Politico.com
President
Obama is neither "pro-business" nor "anti-business". He is "pro-Obama"
and he will do anything to sell and protect his brand.
In a nation of narcissists he is unchallenged for the number one spot even if the brand is losing some of its luster.
Obama’s problem is that he has absolutely no knowledge of how business
works particularly small business, which is the backbone of the
economy.