Jerry Brown is presenting his proposed overhaul of public pensions this week. So what’s wrong with public pensions and what should Brown do to fix them?
“Airtime” purchases defy intellectual gravity; that practice should be grounded immediately. Spiking should be
Is the Occupy movement the real deal? If so, what impact will it have on next year’s elections in California or nationwide?
Maybe they’ll nominate William Jennings Bryan for president and resurrect the Free Silver movement. But it is the
“Jerry Brown has finished his cycle of bill signings and vetoes for the year. How would you characterize him – conservative, moderate, liberal, or something else entirely?”
Jerry Brown has been, is, and always will be “something else entirely.”
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“Organized labor gets Brown elected governor and Brown smacks them in the face (vetoes of child-care unionizing, card check, etc). Disloyalty or good politics?”
We’ll see whether it’s good politics or not next year, when Brown will need labor to
California was solidly Obama country in 2008. What about next year, given the deep unemployment, the still-weakening economy, the voters’ unhappiness with government and disenchantment from the left with Obama?
All true, but way too soon to tell. Libs have
“Are Capitol Republicans out-of-step with Republicans out there in the real world? The latest Field Poll suggests exactly that — at least on whether ballot initiatives should all be pushed to November. What do you think?”
Well, I don’t understand
The Kinde Durkee scandal is spreading. A number of politicos have lost campaign funds, and there may be more. What impact, if any, will this case have on elections next year?
Because there are contribution limits at both the federal
“Given demographics and voting trends, realistically, what is the future of the Republican Party in California?”
Their immediate future (this political generation), appears to have ended in 1994 when Gov. Pete Wilson declared war on “illegal aliens.” Bye, bye, Latino
“The Battle for the City of Vernon is over. What was this fight really about? Who are the real winners and losers?”
Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the
“Amazon, which has put another $2.25 million into its effort to repeal California’s online sales tax law through a referendum, is gambling that voters ultimately will agree to eliminate the tax. What do you think – is Amazon right or