Today's California Blog Roundup is on the flip. Teasers: Phil Angelides, Arnold Schwarzenegger, CA-11, CA-04, John Doolittle, Richard Pombo, Proposition 89, redistricting, health care, minimum wage, reform.
Schwarzenegger on Health Care: No plan, not now. Too hard. Maybe next year. Watch me pose.
It's election time, so Schwarzenegger pretends to care, unless you're an extremist Republican, and then he really does care as long as nobody's watching too closely.
I recently said to a friend of mine that the last 6 years could be described by the phrase: "I could not make this shit up." Paid-For Pombo's response to the massive oil pipeline leak on Alaska's North Slope was to advocate for more drilling and fewer regulations. I could not make this shit up.
Charlie Brown / 15% Doolittle / CA-04
If 15% Doolittle thinks stem cell research is immoral, will he pledge never to use any of the results? Well, even if he did, since when can you trust him?
Dump Doolittle raises a good point: when you're focused on raking in the bribes and doling out the pork, you don't do a very good job at anything else. Tough talk and wrapping yourself in the bloody flag does not make the country safer.
SB 840, a plan for universal health care, is coming up for a vote. This PowerPAC contribution explains why it's important and has a link for you to contact your rep.
Propositions
The Prop 89 folks are having a blast showing why clean money is necessary.