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Recall-itis
One of the many reasons why I'm so enthusiastic about Arnold's campaign is the progressive/reform factor. If only legislative districts were drawn with common sense boundaries, politicians had to tell us who they took money from and electeds couldn't take money from special interests at the exact same moment they were voting on legislation that effected those special interests, we'd have a good shot at good government. We don't need to prevent people from expressing their point of view (by speaking or by giving money to represent their speech) we just need to bring that speech out of the cloakroom into the sunlight.
No elected or candidate has had the personal power/charisma to get the ordinary people to listen to these arguments. Only Arnold, with his common sense approach combined with his star power, can get the public to understand the importance of these poindexter type issues.
Daniel Weintraub, the California Insider explains it:
Schwarzenegger's political reform plan
While the court battle and the debate over debates rages on, Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to burnish his policy credentials. His latest is a wide-ranging and detailed plan to clean up Sacramento with measures on open records, campaign fundraising, and redistricting. The plan would:
--Make access to public records a right of the people under the state constitution, covering both the legislative and executive branch and, like a model sunshine law in Florida, make public the appointments schedule of the governor and every other state official, drafts of state documents and internal e-mails.
--Ban political fundraising between the time the governor proposes a budget in January and signs one later in the year. Lately that’s been anytime between July and September. But Schwarzenegger aides said he also plans to overhaul the budget process in a way that would shorten the deliberation time-frame to between January and early May.
--Require immediate disclosure on the Internet of all campaign contributions and make willful violations of campaign finance laws a felony punishable by one year in prison.
--Take the job of drawing district lines out of the hands of the Legislature and give it to a three-person panel of retired judges chosen by lottery under the direction of the state Judicial Council.
Schwarzenegger also said he would not sign any bill that did not receive a full hearing by a policy committee in the Legislature prior to passage, a limitation aimed at ending the practice of “gut-and-amends” through which lawmakers strip bills of all their contents at the last minute and replace them with entirely new provisions that are passed without public scrutiny.
“There is no such thing,” Schwarzenegger said at a Sacramento press conference, “as democracy in the dark.”
If the past is any indication, most of these measures would have trouble getting through the state Legislature. But Schwarzengger has said before that he would be willing to go over the heads of lawmakers and take issues directly to the people on the ballot. Presumably he would be willing to do that with these proposals as well.
Posted by dweintraub at 04:33 PM
9/18/2003
Recall-itis
Yesterday I got another blog mention, this time from the Condor. Here's what he said:
"How Well Did Arnold Do on Ophrah?
To find out, you should check the The Irish Lass blog, run by Julie Gallaher. She said that if she were writing for men, "I'd say Arnold's performance on the show was a grand slam, a hole in one, a touchdown and a three-pointer combined. But we're talking about the women's vote. It was a creme brulee/tiramasou/chocolate decadence with a glass of Villa Toscano Barbera."
The Irish Lass is a devote Arnold partisan and longtime Republican activist. Her blog does have a different perspective and can be fun to read. Here's her take on Arnold's speech to the Republicans during the weekend: "I didn't mention how great Arnold's speech was at the convention. I had a fabulous seat, front and center and he was marvelous. The speech was powerful, substantive, funny, inspirational ... everything one could have wanted. (And he looked very handsome)."
How fun is that? And I got an e-mail from Mickey Kaus! I love this blogging ;^D
Last night I worked the phone banks at Arnold's campaign headquarters. We were calling volunterrs (obviously friendlies) but I've never worked a volunteer list where people thanked you for calling them, picked up when they heard you on their answering machines, etc. The peeps are highly enthusiastic!
Do you think this means Arnold will be living in the neighborhood?
KING: How about Sacramento? Are you looking forward to Sacramento? Not your kind of town, is it?
SCHWARZENEGGER: No, absolutely. You know, it's a funny thing, people sometimes come up to me and says, can you imagine you, Arnold, going form Hollywood to Sacramento? I say, you know something, I love Sacramento. I think that the whole, the huge, beautiful parks that they have there, the trees, that the buildings, the historic buildings and all this stuff, it's a beautiful quaint little town.
Yesterday I got another blog mention, this time from the Condor. Here's what he said:
"How Well Did Arnold Do on Ophrah?
To find out, you should check the The Irish Lass blog, run by Julie Gallaher. She said that if she were writing for men, "I'd say Arnold's performance on the show was a grand slam, a hole in one, a touchdown and a three-pointer combined. But we're talking about the women's vote. It was a creme brulee/tiramasou/chocolate decadence with a glass of Villa Toscano Barbera."
The Irish Lass is a devote Arnold partisan and longtime Republican activist. Her blog does have a different perspective and can be fun to read. Here's her take on Arnold's speech to the Republicans during the weekend: "I didn't mention how great Arnold's speech was at the convention. I had a fabulous seat, front and center and he was marvelous. The speech was powerful, substantive, funny, inspirational ... everything one could have wanted. (And he looked very handsome)."
How fun is that? And I got an e-mail from Mickey Kaus! I love this blogging ;^D
Last night I worked the phone banks at Arnold's campaign headquarters. We were calling volunterrs (obviously friendlies) but I've never worked a volunteer list where people thanked you for calling them, picked up when they heard you on their answering machines, etc. The peeps are highly enthusiastic!
Do you think this means Arnold will be living in the neighborhood?
KING: How about Sacramento? Are you looking forward to Sacramento? Not your kind of town, is it?
SCHWARZENEGGER: No, absolutely. You know, it's a funny thing, people sometimes come up to me and says, can you imagine you, Arnold, going form Hollywood to Sacramento? I say, you know something, I love Sacramento. I think that the whole, the huge, beautiful parks that they have there, the trees, that the buildings, the historic buildings and all this stuff, it's a beautiful quaint little town.
9/16/2003
Golf
I was surfing around and came accross this post from John Ellis. I happened to be sitting on the 18th fairway watching Tiger when this happened (although I was clueless) and thank you SBC for the tickets!
"Friday, August 01, 2003
Posted 10:28 AM by John Ellis
A Golf Story
A friend of mine relates the following story. He swears that it is a true story and I believe him. It goes like this:
At the US Open at Pebble Beach in 2000, Tiger Woods pull-hooked a driver off the 18th tee into the Pacific Ocean. There followed a burst of profanity, for which Mr. Woods was later fined. That's the part of the story everyone remembers.
The part that followed, however, is astonishing. Picture the scene. Woods is standing there on 18 tee. His tee shot rests on the ocean floor. His caddy, Steve Williams, hands him a reload. As he does, he suggests that Tiger hit his two-iron. Tiger says no, he'll stripe the driver, knock it on the green in two, two putt and make the bogey 6. Williams says: "I really think you should hit the two-iron." Tiger says no, the driver is fine. Williams says: "I really, really think you should hit the two-iron." Tiger dismisses him, stripes the driver down the center of the fairway, knocks it on the green in two, two putts, makes his six.
And so the matter died, until a couple of weeks later, when Williams reminded Woods of their debate. "What was that all about?" asked Woods. "It was your last ball," responded Williams.
Incredible as it may seem, Woods only had two balls in his bag that day. Had he hit the reload into the sea, he would have been disqualified from the US Open, a tournament he ended up winning by 15 strokes."
I was surfing around and came accross this post from John Ellis. I happened to be sitting on the 18th fairway watching Tiger when this happened (although I was clueless) and thank you SBC for the tickets!
"Friday, August 01, 2003
Posted 10:28 AM by John Ellis
A Golf Story
A friend of mine relates the following story. He swears that it is a true story and I believe him. It goes like this:
At the US Open at Pebble Beach in 2000, Tiger Woods pull-hooked a driver off the 18th tee into the Pacific Ocean. There followed a burst of profanity, for which Mr. Woods was later fined. That's the part of the story everyone remembers.
The part that followed, however, is astonishing. Picture the scene. Woods is standing there on 18 tee. His tee shot rests on the ocean floor. His caddy, Steve Williams, hands him a reload. As he does, he suggests that Tiger hit his two-iron. Tiger says no, he'll stripe the driver, knock it on the green in two, two putt and make the bogey 6. Williams says: "I really think you should hit the two-iron." Tiger says no, the driver is fine. Williams says: "I really, really think you should hit the two-iron." Tiger dismisses him, stripes the driver down the center of the fairway, knocks it on the green in two, two putts, makes his six.
And so the matter died, until a couple of weeks later, when Williams reminded Woods of their debate. "What was that all about?" asked Woods. "It was your last ball," responded Williams.
Incredible as it may seem, Woods only had two balls in his bag that day. Had he hit the reload into the sea, he would have been disqualified from the US Open, a tournament he ended up winning by 15 strokes."
Recall-itis
Bob Novak has some details about the County Chairman's meeting at the recent CRP convention.
"The convention's mood favored conservative State Sen. Tom McClintock getting out of the race to stop dividing the Republican vote in this overwhelmingly Democratic state. At a meeting of the party's county chairmen, just two of them dissented from agreeing that there should only be one Republican candidate. "
Bob Novak has some details about the County Chairman's meeting at the recent CRP convention.
"The convention's mood favored conservative State Sen. Tom McClintock getting out of the race to stop dividing the Republican vote in this overwhelmingly Democratic state. At a meeting of the party's county chairmen, just two of them dissented from agreeing that there should only be one Republican candidate. "
Recall-itis
I saw a funny post on Lucianne.com from readaholic
"A good friend of mine worked in day camp year ago attended by Arnold's three little daughters. One day one of the little girls couldn't unscrew her thermos lid. She asked a counselor for help, and the counselor had to ask another counselor, and so on, until finally one young man, grunting and straining trying to free the lid asked rhetorically, "Who made your lunch, anyway?" And she answered, "My daddy."
I saw a funny post on Lucianne.com from readaholic
"A good friend of mine worked in day camp year ago attended by Arnold's three little daughters. One day one of the little girls couldn't unscrew her thermos lid. She asked a counselor for help, and the counselor had to ask another counselor, and so on, until finally one young man, grunting and straining trying to free the lid asked rhetorically, "Who made your lunch, anyway?" And she answered, "My daddy."
Recall-itis
I didn't mention how great Arnold's speech was at the convention. I had a fabulous seat, front and center and he was marvelous. The speech was powerful, substantive, funny, inspirational ... everything one could have wanted. (And he looked very handsome ;^D)
I didn't mention how great Arnold's speech was at the convention. I had a fabulous seat, front and center and he was marvelous. The speech was powerful, substantive, funny, inspirational ... everything one could have wanted. (And he looked very handsome ;^D)
Recall-itis
How Desperate Can You Be???
Tom McClintock is touting on his campaign site the results from an on-line "straw poll". It is so obviously a bogus ploy -- It sounds like something someone running for Junior High Student Body President would do.
How Desperate Can You Be???
Tom McClintock is touting on his campaign site the results from an on-line "straw poll". It is so obviously a bogus ploy -- It sounds like something someone running for Junior High Student Body President would do.
9/15/2003
Recall-itis
I'm quite despondent about the 9th circuit, so I'm going to pretend it didn't happen. Those of you who know me, know that I'm extremely skilled in avoidance.
So on to happier topics ....
I had 2 fantastic blogs provide links to my site today. Prestopundit was my first ever blogosphere reference, linking to my news about the straw poll results at the California Republican Party Convention. And Fresh Potatoes linked to my news about President George H.W. Bush donating to Arnold's campaign. Both of them inspired me to start blogging, so I'm thrilled that they read my site!
Some funnyman money .... Jim Belushi gives a few bucks to Arnold.
And a hat tip to PrestoPundit 's comments about the Oprah show. I wish they were doing a rolling poll tonight. I bet Arnold would be up 5 - 10 % based on the women's vote. If I was writing for a male audience, I'd say Arnold's performance on the show was a grand slam, a hole in one, a touchdown and a threepointer combined. But we're talking about the women's vote... It was a creme brulee/tiramasou/chocolate decadence with a glass of Villa Toscano Barbera.
I'm quite despondent about the 9th circuit, so I'm going to pretend it didn't happen. Those of you who know me, know that I'm extremely skilled in avoidance.
So on to happier topics ....
I had 2 fantastic blogs provide links to my site today. Prestopundit was my first ever blogosphere reference, linking to my news about the straw poll results at the California Republican Party Convention. And Fresh Potatoes linked to my news about President George H.W. Bush donating to Arnold's campaign. Both of them inspired me to start blogging, so I'm thrilled that they read my site!
Some funnyman money .... Jim Belushi gives a few bucks to Arnold.
And a hat tip to PrestoPundit 's comments about the Oprah show. I wish they were doing a rolling poll tonight. I bet Arnold would be up 5 - 10 % based on the women's vote. If I was writing for a male audience, I'd say Arnold's performance on the show was a grand slam, a hole in one, a touchdown and a threepointer combined. But we're talking about the women's vote... It was a creme brulee/tiramasou/chocolate decadence with a glass of Villa Toscano Barbera.
Recall-itis
Yesterday afternoon we were sitting in the Marriott lobby and overheard John Fund of the Wall Street Journal talking to Bill Bradley of LA Weeklay. John Fund was telling Bill that this race was personal to him, he grew up in Northern California and still considers California his home. Anyway, John said he had some BIG news and we'd know it in 36 hours. I figure we should all read his column Tuesday morning.
Yesterday afternoon we were sitting in the Marriott lobby and overheard John Fund of the Wall Street Journal talking to Bill Bradley of LA Weeklay. John Fund was telling Bill that this race was personal to him, he grew up in Northern California and still considers California his home. Anyway, John said he had some BIG news and we'd know it in 36 hours. I figure we should all read his column Tuesday morning.
9/14/2003
Recall-itis
I'm just back from the Republican Convention and dead tired, but have a couple of thoughts to post.
I've been attending these conventions since 1985, have served at times on the executive committee, resolutions, initiatives, volunteers and proxies. I have never been to a convention that had so little activity from the far right in the party. There were almost no hit pieces, no confrontations, no media stunts. It was like the Tombots and their friends were under the Cone of Silence. A friend suggested that they had abandoned Tom and were now focused on Tony Strickland for U.S. Senate.
A couple of organizations did straw polls but I only saw the results from one: the California Women's Leadership Forum and the California Young Republicans co-sponsored a poll open to anyone in attendence at the convention. Approx 1200 people voted, 82.5% supported Arnold. I looked hard for a posting on the other poll, sponsored by Capitol Resource (I think) but couldn't find any results anywhere. They are a strongly conservative organization. I wonder if they didn't publicize the results because they showed overwhelming support for Arnold as well?
I'm just back from the Republican Convention and dead tired, but have a couple of thoughts to post.
I've been attending these conventions since 1985, have served at times on the executive committee, resolutions, initiatives, volunteers and proxies. I have never been to a convention that had so little activity from the far right in the party. There were almost no hit pieces, no confrontations, no media stunts. It was like the Tombots and their friends were under the Cone of Silence. A friend suggested that they had abandoned Tom and were now focused on Tony Strickland for U.S. Senate.
A couple of organizations did straw polls but I only saw the results from one: the California Women's Leadership Forum and the California Young Republicans co-sponsored a poll open to anyone in attendence at the convention. Approx 1200 people voted, 82.5% supported Arnold. I looked hard for a posting on the other poll, sponsored by Capitol Resource (I think) but couldn't find any results anywhere. They are a strongly conservative organization. I wonder if they didn't publicize the results because they showed overwhelming support for Arnold as well?
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