A few items to ponder as the holiday weekend rolls on…

* On this weekend’s newsmagazine edition of The California Report, I reported on some of the larger issues to consider when it comes to the notion of a February 2008 presidential primary in the Golden State. That includes a new, and strategically significant, change in the state’s GOP primary– where delegates will be handed out by congressional district. You can listen to the piece here.

* Also, host Kathryn Baron speaks with political scientist Larry Gerston about what issues the presidential candidates will need to address should they want votes here in California. That interview can be heard here.

* Speaking of the early primary… Capitol folks say the proposal could still be on the governor’s desk by the end of this week, after some initial delay once the bill made it out of the Senate.

* Following some initial speculation (reported by Frank Russo here) that the term limits reform initiative may still have excluded lawmakers like Senate President pro Tem Don Perata, the initiative’s backers decided to file a modified version of the language, just in case, that they say deals with legislators with tenures similar to Perata’s.

* A not-so-noticed report this past week from the Public Policy Institute of California casts some doubt on the well-known argument that businesses have been leaving the state. The report is here.