“So what’s with the Integrated Waste Management Board? It’s at the top of the governor’s hit list, as he made clear in his address to the Legislature. But why?”

You’d think he would’ve delayed appointing three former

 “The state Supreme Court has upheld Proposition 8. What’s the next step? Another campaign on the 2010 ballot, a gubernatorial election year?”

California stays straight until kids in elementary school today grow up less homophobic than previous

“What’s the first thing you would you do to fix the Capitol’s structural mess? Simple-majority vote for budgets and taxes? Eliminate term limits? Open primaries? Part-time Legislature? Something else?

Public floggings.

Open primaries.

“What do you think will happen next Tuesday with the ballot propositions? If they fail, then what?”

They will just barely pass, but it won’t be enough to get the state back to even….

The

“The governor says it’s time for a debate on legalizing marijuana. What do you think?”

Judging by his press releases, I thought he was already high.

This is where the left and the right will

“Will Abel Maldonado pull an Arlen Specter? Would he? Should he? Could he?”

I know Arlen Specter. Arlen Specter is a friend of mine…and believe me, he’s no Arlen Specter

No, he’ll wait to be

“Rep. Jane Harman reportedly was overheard on a NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Is Harman’s political

“How would you assess Antonio Villaraigosa’s chances of being elected governor in 2010? Why?”

Zero. Jerry Brown.

Zero.  His base is the Latino community and they don’t appreciate his philandering.

Good, if he

“Is there really a new tax revolt brewing, as some media accounts suggest? Thirty-one years after Proposition 13 was approved, is a new anti-tax plan headed to the ballot?”

Don’t underestimate the outrage of ordinary people over

“Don Perata is running for mayor of Oakland — a job he’s always wanted. Can he beat Ron Dellums? Why or why not?”

If there is a white guy in the 510 who could be mayor, it