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NOV. 3, 2010 by KATY GRIMES If you just look the big offices in last night’s election — governor, attorney general, U.S. Senator, et al — then it looks like the state of California is just a giant solidly blue
Read MoreIs California Ungovernable?
NOV. 3, 2010 I jokingly referred earlier in the week to Meg Whitman’s campaign as the worst campaign ever. Now I’m not joking. And while I am sure it’s not the worst ever, it was really bad. Running against former
Read MoreBack to the future for California
Katy Grimes: Jerry Brown has regained the governor’s office he first held in the 1970s, despite former eBay CEO Meg Whitman using more than $160 million of her own money in the race. Californians over age 45 are having a deja
Read MoreDems on Budgetary Hot Seat
NOV. 3, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Five of the nine ballot measures on Tuesday’s ballot dealt with taxes or the budget. The biggest one, Prop 25, replaced the Legislature’s required two-thirds vote of budget approval with a simple majority. It
Read MoreSo much for moderate Republicans
John Seiler: A computer couldn’t come up with a candidate more moderate Republican than Meg Whitman. And she’s rich and willing to spend $160 million, too. Her computer-date running mate, Abel Maldonado, also was a poster-boy for Republican moderation. So
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