"The latest wrinkle in the race for Democratic presidential nomination: a possible convention of superdelegates. Is this a good idea? Are Dems shooting themselves in the feet? Are the pledged delegates now irrelevant?"

As Willie Brown told the California Democratic Party convention this weekend, "the rules are the rules." And whoever has

"The governor spent a week traveling around the state pushing his budget reform plan, which includes automatic cuts when times get tight. Is this a good idea, and is his sales pitch working?"

Remember when the Pinto was blowing up in slow-speed crashes, and Ford said they could fix it by putting

How important is education as a political issue? Political pros say it polls at the top of voters’ concerns, but the governor’s office recently released a major, long-awaited study on education and it fell into a cone of silence. What’s going on?

Voters and politicians want easy answers, hoping more money or

Geraldine Ferraro, a Clinton loyalist, says Barack Obama and his surrogates label as racist those who dare to criticize Obama. True? False? Or somewhere in between?

Good thing these are anonymous answers — or we’d all be racists in someone’s view. America needs a healthy discussion of race, but every comment, no

Is it time for everybody to learn about Puerto Rico's politics? With 63 winner-take-all Democratic delegates – more than Oklahoma, Connecticut and South Carolina – will Puerto Rico decide the Democratic presidential race on June 7?

Puerto Rico lo hace mejor!

If Puerto

Who wins on Tuesday in Texas and Ohio — Clinton or Obama? Or do we have a split decision?

Obama wins Texas. Clinton wins Ohio. Obama declares victory. Swift boats are launched from GOP shores. Despite the mainstream media’s best efforts, we’re starting to see yet another pendulum shift. Clinton wins both

Sen. Tom McClintock of Thousand Oaks, for two decades the Capitol’s best-known conservative, is considering running for John Doolittle’s Rocklin congressional seat. Will he win, or will he be rejected as a carpetbagger?

If he runs, he wins.

How cynical can politics get? To see the conservative conscience of the

Who’s the next speaker of the Assembly? Why?

Curt Pringle. He’s tanned, he’s rested, he’s ready.

In an ideal world, it would be Karen Bass. She’s smart, does her homework and has paid her dues. If MRT’s seat becomes available, however, who could blame Bass for giving the Senate a

Who really won? What happens now?

We all won! Young people are fired up to vote. Turnout was the highest in decades, and California is once again a player in the presidential race.

Democrats! Record turnout. Luring DTS voters (thanks to the CRP) to keep voting for Dems. Strong Latino

This time it’s not “Who killed J.R?” but “What killed health care?” What happens now?

If you have to run for re-election every two years, it makes it difficult to make the big decisions and take the risk. Politics killed health care. Nothing happens now.

Liz Hill killed health care.