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California Special Election
With the California special elections just around the corner, there is lots to check out.
Christopher Monnier has a point by point critique of the “Speak Out California” voter guide.
Ken Grandlund points out what has become all too common in this era of 24/7 fillable news air time.
As I listen to the campaigning for or against these propositions though in the final days, I notice that the political posturing and advertising is focusing less and less on the actual issues and more and more on the game being played.
It will be interesting to see if the absentee ballots delay the tabulation and announcements.
Matthew J. Peterson at the The Claremont Institute this morning looks at the Flash Report’s interview with Arnie Steinberg.
The cycle goes something like this: what should be a grand slam win for the CA GOP is squandered by wasting strengths and magnifying weaknesses through either wishy-washy un-policy and/or radical imprudence. Throw in the sort of mismanagement of the essential, practical realities that Steinberg is talking about, and the excitement over the initial, obvious opportunity to win that CA Republicans had turns into a bitter, depressed, and losing attitude. The sort of attitude after elections that has CA GOPers swilling their beer and saying things like “this state is soooo liberal, change is near impossible.” This sentiment is false—there are all kinds of opportunities to overturn the out-of-the-mainstream tide of wacky leftist spasms that run throughout California politics. However, if November 8th turns out to be another wasted opportunity for Arnold, don’t say Arnie didn’t warn you.
And of course, if you haven’t done so yet, check out the first ever Carnival of Arnold!
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