Fingerpointing – to the Left
If Governor Brown’s Proposition 30 loses at the ballot in 25 days, the fingers will be pointing to the left. It’s an odd circumstance in a state with such a long history of anti-tax activism from the right. But by far the main headaches for the Governor have been caused by his co-partisans. The official […]
Munger’s No Politician and That’s Too Bad
Too bad Molly Munger isn’t one of those Sacramento politicians she keeps ripping in her ads for Prop. 38. If she was, she might realize that something – anything, actually — is better than the deep budget cuts California schools will face is she manages to send both November tax measures to defeat. But like […]
Campaign Ads Appear to Move Voters in Poll
Now that the election season is in full swing with advertisements for a number of ballot initiatives bombarding the airwaves, the California Business Roundtable-Pepperdine University School of Public Policy bi-weekly poll has picked up movement on a some of the ballot measures. Most notably, Proposition 37, which would label genetically modified foods, has fallen dramatically. […]
Government Workers are Ready for a Conservative Pitch
Crossposted on The American Magazine At first blush, the headline on the Government Executive website seems unsurprising: “Poll: Obama leads Romney among government workers.” The article quotes Rasmussen Reports, which found that of the public sector employees polled, 54 percent said they would vote for President Obama, while 37 percent said they would vote for […]