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2009-05-20 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 If I was a Democrat congress critter I would be a little bit nervous about the California vote yesterday and the harbinger of things to come. They better be moving toward the center-right or they will see all their gains gone in 2010.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-05-20 06:39|| 2009-05-20 06:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not so sanguine, Jack. There still isn't a real, organized opposition. Tea parties may be a beginning, but aren't there yet. Meanwhile, the Trunks are clueless. Perhaps TW could give them a taste of the Periwinkle Cluebat.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-05-20 08:29|| 2009-05-20 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Spot,

Who organized California opposition? I don't think this is one where you have to be for anything - just against it. Taxpayers represent over 50% of the voters and are going to vote with their wallets. Don't underestimate taxpayer/voter anger no matter who is running - Dem or Repub.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-05-20 10:18|| 2009-05-20 10:18|| Front Page Top

#4 California ballot Proponents outspent foes 10 to 1

"Schwarzenegger helped behind the scenes to garner big contributions for the measure's proponents, who raised about $30 million and outspent foes by nearly 10 to 1. Among the big contributors were businesses hoping to avoid tax increases if state finances slumped further: oil companies, tobacco and alcoholic beverage firms, sports teams and Hollywood studios.

Despite a big advantage in cash and manpower, the campaign failed to gain traction from the start. Polls throughout the race showed all the ballot measures -- except Proposition 1F -- losing badly, as voters expressed equal parts confusion over the package and disdain for the Sacramento politicians who crafted it."

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-20 10:39|| 2009-05-20 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Jack - On the national level I'll believe it when I see it (Bambi hasn't raised taxes - YET). The 2010 elections will tell. I hope yer right.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-05-20 10:51|| 2009-05-20 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 California is so effectively gerrymandered that most Democratic representatives are safe short of committing rape or murder (and in some cases that also).

Posted by DoDo 2009-05-20 12:00|| 2009-05-20 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 I live in Sacramento and have zero confidence that the Dhimmicrat Socialists under the Capitol Dome even get this message! They will simply craft more tax increases via work arounds, and try and punish the taxpayers by cuts in those services that really are the role of government. They won't get it until they actually get ousted. The next step has to be a part time legislature, following the Texas model.
Sadly, many of the people who actually would support the basic government changes needed to save this state are working hard to get the hell out of it. The tipping point politically here has already passed. L.A. and S.F. dominate state politics so completely that true reform isn't possible. When cuts hit those centers, they will squeal hard enought that Zero will find a way to make Kansas and Iowa pay for the economic sump California has become, preventing the medicine from being actually swallowed.
I'm thinking Texas or Montana...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2009-05-20 12:23|| 2009-05-20 12:23|| Front Page Top

#8 What struck me most about this nitpicking article is that an AP writer would write it about a leading Democrat. This is the sort of hypercritical parsing of words that I expect when the speaker is a leading Republican. Sarah Palin got tons of this kind of stuff from MSM writers, but I'm used to seeing the Dems getting away with far more rediculous misstatements. What gives? Reid probably isn't used to getting Palinized for minor misspeaks, as Republicans routinely are. How will he handle it? Peloski seems to be imploding over her tortoured comments about the CIA.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-20 13:11|| 2009-05-20 13:11|| Front Page Top

#9 "Reid mangles truth"

In other news, water is wet.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-20 18:05|| 2009-05-20 18:05|| Front Page Top

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