| I'm in the Oakland airport, and have been for almost three hours now. Not the best way to spend an afternoon, but the $10 for wireless was well worth it. But, when I was paying it, it reminded me of Seinfeld...what's the deal with that? What's the deal with paying $10 for internet for a day?
Who knows? And on to my real topic. Mike Villines. The Assemblyman and longtime Wilson aide is set to lead the Assembly Republican Caucus into a brave new world of...irrelevancy? You know, I've seen plenty of articles saying how he's going to a) whip those Reps into a solid voting bloc b) stand up when the governor makes deals with the Dems. You know the funny part is that while all these articles are written, few even mention that who Villines is trying to fight his own Republican Governor.
Somewhere along the line there is a disconnect between what the people want and what the political parties want to do. And what Schwarzenegger wants to do. Who knows what that dude is planning on doing, but one thing is clear is that there is a level of trust that has reached record lows for a party caucus and its governor.
Villines plans on making the Reps more relevant, apparently by pulling them away from the center and toward his wingnut base. Exactly how that will be successful is beyond me. On non-budgetary issues, it's hard to see how Villines hopes to accomplish much. Of course the disastrous ramifications of the supermajority requirements gives Villines some leverage on the deal.
So, Villines plans to make his party relevant by obstructing the will of the majority...oh and his own governor. I guess we can expect another delayed budget, a lot more partisanship, and a lot less being accomplished for the people. Yup, this is definitely going to make them relevant.
Man, we really need to redistrict to end the obstructionist tack of the Republican extremists. Poll over the flip... |
