Add Accountability to Campaigns by Lifting Contribution Limits
The legislature brought this on themselves, all this outside money in the state’s candidate campaigns. Okay, not the folks in the current legislature, but this legislature, or at least the next one, can begin to fix the damage. About $28-million dollars has been spent in California this primary election through Independent Expenditures, a new record […]
If an All Democratic Final in U.S. Senate Race–its Meaning to the GOP
In 2014, two Republicans almost advanced to November under California’s Top Two system in the State Controller race. This year, it may be two Democrats advancing in the open U.S. Senate election. I’ve already detailed the math problem Republicans have in the Senate race and thus far, it appears Loretta Sanchez is receiving the 18% or so I […]
The Era Of The Implausible Presidency
This presidential election is very much about optics —a battle of perceptions which may or may not reflect the real world of stubborn realities, and Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are so far winning it quite handily. Is what we are viewing merely an illusion which will fade away as the serious matter of governing […]
Expel Don’t Suspend—No on Prop 50
Some may say I’m cynical of politicians’ behavior and motives. I plead Guilty, without remorse or compunction. I believe seeking elected office should be motivated by a desire to serve the electorate, not for selfish attainment of power and privilege. However the garnering and subsequent abuse of power and privilege is so tempting and profitable […]