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Category Archives: Political Parties and Independents
Dems Pre-Endorsements Presage Tough 2012
For casual political watchers, it may be hard to believe that small gatherings of diehard Democrats in January will decide who wins races for the Legislature or Congress come November. And yet, in some cases, that's exactly what could happen … Continue reading
710,924 Signatures for Overturning Senate Map. And Yet...
The sole challenge to the work of California's citizen redistricting panel appears to have crossed a significant milestone over the weekend, but still faces some tough odds to actually blocking the use of the panel's work in 2012. Starting last … Continue reading
Message or Messenger? California GOP Wrestles With Answer
NOTE TO READERS: This will the last blogging until early October, as I take a break from the Capitol and political coverage. I also hope to bring back the weekly podcast at that time, which so many of you have … Continue reading
Redistricting's Final, Controversial, Push
As California's bold experiment with independent redistricting enters the homestretch, it's clear that drawing political boundaries is neither simple nor without controversy. And for the 14 men and women picked to do the work, the questions will soon be: can … Continue reading
Round 1 of Political Mapping Complete
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California's much anticipated transition to new and independently drawn political boundaries has cleared a big hurdle, with the citizens commission created by voters in 2008 releasing draft legislative and congressional maps. And now, some irony. Perhaps the single biggest desire … Continue reading
Redistricting Win, Lose, or Draw
More competition. More moderate politicians. Less sleazy deal making. More good stuff. Less bad stuff. Like so many electoral efforts, the two campaigns waged in favor of independent redistricting promised a lot of fixes to California voters tired of dysfunctional … Continue reading
Labor Leader Says Skip the Election, Dems Still Back Brown
It would be wrong to say that Democrats who flocked to Sacramento for the party's weekend convention are unhappy with the course of action laid out by their standard bearer on solving the state budget mess. But they do seem … Continue reading
Republicans Rumble, Reconcile at Confab
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Republicans are fond of invoking just about everything Ronald Reagan, but their biannual state convention routinely sees shattered into tiny pieces what Reagan liked to call the party's 11th Commandment: thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican. This … Continue reading
Redistricting Panel: Glamorous, It Ain't
When an attorney suggested this morning that the men and women who will draw California's political maps could benefit from snuggling up some weekend with a copy of the state's open meetings law, you could feel the reality set in. … Continue reading
