The Clock is ticking, there's tons of stuff going on, and I'm sick. Yuck. But what can you do? So, teasers: POLLS on the props, Clinton across California, Charlie Brown stands up to Doolittle, Arnold Schwarzenegger has taken lots of special interest money, and The OC GOP is F'd, seriously, f'd up.
The SF Chronicle notes that Bill's support is incredibly valuable to the Prop 87 campaign.
SNTP has pics of Bill Clinton's GOTV rally in Stockton.
The Stockton Record said over 1,000 people waited in the rain to see the Big Dog.
BlackBoxVoting has uncovered a way to vote multiple times. Oh yeah, these machines are in use in California, and McPherson doesn't think the voting machines are a problem. Sure, Bruce, sure.
Field Poll (PDF) released their data on Props 85, 86, 87, and 90: 3.5% MoE
Prop 85 is slightly ahead, but within the MoE: 46% Yes, 43% No, 11% undecided
Prop 86 is tied: 45% Yes, 45% No, 10% Undecided
Prop 87 is slightly behind: 40% Yes, 44% No, 16% Undecided
Prop 90 is slightly behind: 35% Yes, 42% No, 23% undecided.
Hopefully some of those undecideds on 90 will be swayed by Arnold's rejection of Prop 90.
Also, the new Datamar poll (PDF) is out. Again, take this one with a BIG grain of salt. Heck, they insist repeatedly that the DiFi race is closer than the governor's race. Sorry, but something is wrong with your LV model. Seriously wrong
Gov: Arnold leads Phil 53-36
Senator: DiFi leads Dick "Pray for Me" Mountjoy 53-38
Bonds:
1A (I know not a bond, but a bad budgeting amendment) leads 57-27
1B(Transportation) and 1E (Disaster Preparedness) are comfortably ahead, 1C (Housing) and 1D (Schools) are struggling.
Other Props:
83 (Jessica's Law), 84(Parks and Water Bonds) comfortably ahead, 88 (Parcel tax), 89 (Clean Money) are behind
85 (Parental Notification), 86 (Health Care), 87 (Alternative energy) are too close to call
Prop 90 has a small lead, down a lot form Datamar's last poll. (46 Yes - 41 No) Still folks, this one is still too close. However, this is likely before Arnold's rejection of Prop 90.
The Clean Money Election Folks are having a bus tour around the state. This is a real opportunity, no matter what the crazy Datamar poll says. Clean Money will increase the strength of people-powered politicians. In the new system, rich people won't have more power than anybody else. Clean money works (see Arizona and Maine). Schedule here.
CA-04: Brown said that the war was wrong in 2004 , and somehow that's attack on the troops? Direct quote from a Doolittle commercial: "When troops are under fire, there is no difference between supporting the troops and supporting their mission." Really, so people at home should never question our leaders when they go to war? Sure, Doolittle sends his proxy to do that. You see, Doolittle can't really attack a 26-year veteran, as he didn't serve at all. The notion that Brown is somehow unpatriotic for questioning our leaders is preposterous. Real patriotism is using our democracy to find the best policy. We need to protect our troops from leaders like Cheney and Doolittle who avoided service yet criticize others who have served.
The Hoover poll (via CA Majority Report) shows all Dems ahead, except Phil and Cruz. However, there are some super scary numbers in there about the props. 90 appears to be far ahead, but the question on these polls becomes really important, and I'm not convinced of any of these numbers. I really don't think anybody has an idea of where the props are.
How very GOP of Mike Carona: He's demoting his primary challenger, Bill Hunt, for criticizing him during the election and talking to the media. Oh, and Carona also demoted two other deputies that supported Hunt. So, that's not protected speech how?
The OC GOP doesn't like Arabs...or Cynthia McKinney. (LAT)
