There are, in short, very few things more significant to the outcome of next year's presidential election than this California ballot initiative. It is, then, vitally important that the media thoroughly, accurately, and fairly cover this fight -- and not just the California media -- the national media as well. The initiative may appear only on the California ballot, but it will impact the entire nation, and the campaigns for and against it will no doubt be waged with the help of national donors, activists, and operatives.
The initiative is beginning to draw significant media attention, but much of that coverage has been lacking.
You know the old saying: if you can't beat em, change the rules. That's the new motto of the California Republican Party. Taking a break from complaining about their governor, who as usual is right where they're wrong, and who is also, not coincidentally, the only Republican in state-wide office in California, they've decided to try to change the rules for electing the next president to make it more difficult for a Democrat to win.
The CA GOP just jumped the shark. Here are three things you can do:
You didn't think we would drop all of those initiatives off at his office and not follow up with the guy did you?
This is not your average advocacy campaign, where petitions go undelivered and people don't actually follow through on your promises. This is a new style campaign and we are continuing to pressure Arnold about the dirty tricks initiative. Below the fold is the fax we sent to him today and copied all of the press on.
Stockton Record, "Awarding California's electoral votes based on the outcome in each congressional district is unfair, harmful to democratic precepts and a blatant political power grab."
OC Register, "A proposed change, which could be on next June's ballot, in the way California's votes are allocated in the presidential election might have a sheen of fairness, but it is nakedly partisan and profoundly subversive of our constitutional system."
