“Every six years, Republicans think Barbara Boxer is
vulnerable and every six years they get fooled. Is
2010 the year that Boxer gets beaten?”

“Bill Clinton supports Gavin Newsom for governor. What’s going on here?”

Simple: payback for Newsom’s early support of Hillary.

Clinton needs a wing man when cruising for chicks. He’s more likely to score some good

“Orange County Assemblyman Mike Duvall, a Republican and married, was caught on an open microphone at a Capitol hearing describing his sexual exploits with a female energy lobbyist 18 years his junior. Comments, thoughts? Does anyone care?”

“Jerry Brown was governor once — can he do it again? If Whitman winds up as the GOP choice, is she easy prey for Brown?”

No, Brown will be easy prey for Whitman. He will be the

“The final days of this year’s legislative session begin next week. Will there be a “super deal” — gaming, water, taxes? Or does everything fall apart?”

The final weeks of this legislative session will be a multi-dimensional

“Registration in the state GOP trails Democrats by 12 percent. Four out of five Republicans are white, dramatically different from the state as a whole, in which roughly four out of 10 are white. Is the GOP in an

“Aside from the budget — a dubious achievement at best — has the current legislative session produced anything yet of substance? Can you think of a major legislative accomplishment in 2009?”

Blueberry commission.

There are

“It’s All-Star Week in Major League Baseball, so it’s appropriate now to ask you to pick your favorite All-Star lawmaker, current or former.”

John Burton is an All-Star…he knows how to put together a deal that doesn’t

“The governor is digging in his heels and trashing the Legislature, the speaker says the Big 5 meetings are a waste of time and the state has gone to IOUs. Will this budget imbroglio ever be resolved?”

“What happens now on the budget?”

Now that IOU’s are a done deal, they hammer out a compromise. It may take a week. It will involve structural budget reform and trade Cal Works and Cal Grant survival