Will National Political Trends Affect California’s Election?
The key word for this upcoming election is: TURNOUT. With Democrats holding a 13-point voter registration edge over Republicans in California it will take a strong Republican turnout and/or a correspondingly weak Democratic turnout to push Republican candidates across the finish line first.
National polls indicate that enthusiasm is on the Republicans side in this election. The USC/LA Times poll a few weeks ago indicated that Latinos, a core Democratic support group, were less than eager to vote when compared with other groups the poll tested.
Gimmicky Budget — but Real Reform
The conventionalhttps:> wisdom https:> in Sacramento is that the budget approved early Friday morning is held together by wishful thinking and accounting gimmicks, not to mention Rosy Projectionshttps:>.
Nobody can deny that the next Governor will be faced with an extraordinary challenge to balance his or her first budget. After all, the Legislative Analyst has said https:> that "well over two-thirds of the Legislature’s 2010-11 budget solutions are temporary or one-time in nature."
Jerry more sensible than Meg on Prop. 23/AB 32
Cross posted at calwatchdog.com.
One of the weird things about the last gubernatorial debate is that Jerry Brown was more sensible on Prop. 23 than Meg Whitman.
Meg’s position doesn’t make any sense at all. As she explained, she opposes Prop. 23, which would suspend AB 32 until unemployment dropped to 5.5% for a year. AB 32 is, of course, the Jobs-Killing Act of 2006https:>, and is supposed to reduce global warming, which is a hoaxhttps:>.
Meg is Right on Prop 23
Read full article here.
I saw that Jerry Brown on Tuesday night when he said that he would oppose suspending AB32, the state greenhouse-gas law about to go into effect. "You create uncertainty," Brown explained. "You create doubt for investors."
I think Whitman had it right when she argued for a suspension of the measure in light of the state’s 12.4 percent unemployment rate. Whitman explained, "It’s not fair to the employees in manufacturing, trucking, packaging, all the other industries, to drive those jobs out of state." Amen.