There are times when it is convenient that there is ‘breaking news’ to cover – and today would be one of them. I’m going to take a few minutes to talk about last night’s Special Elections in San Diego’s 50th Congressional District and in Orange County’s 35th State Senate District.
When I say it is ‘convenient’ — that is because in the absence of covering these races, I would be left with nothing to talk about except the poor public policy and political choiceof Governor Schwarzenegger championing a solo-war against greenhouse gas emissions that will really only serve to make it that much more expensive to work and live in the Golden State.
A California-only solution is not going to solve anything. When one looks at issues like what the proper role in government should be in protecting and preserving the environment should be, and also take into account that any time the government comes in and messes with the marketplace, there is an economic cost involved (as well as a freedom-cost depending on the specific actions of government)… Sigh. We’ll be looking at this environmental regulation issue, but for now I would simply say that if the Governor is trying hard to suppress his base GOP vote this fall, holding major media events in San Francisco and embracing an extreme left-wing ideological agenda of additional regulation is a good start. I want to see Arnold Schwarzenegger elected to another term, so it pains me to see this kind of "Democrat-lite" policy pronouncement. None of the "Sierra Club" set are every going to vote for the Governor, but this kind of policy emphasis can have a serious and unfortunate impact on motivating conservative voters to the polls.
There is talk of a "contrast campaign" for the fall, with Arnold Schwarzenegger representing a clear and distinct choice from either of his Democrat opponents. The public policy and political announcements yesterday make that tactic more difficult… I could go on and on, but — oh, look — there are elections results to cover…
**For my analysis on the CD 50 and SD 35 election results – click the link**
April 12th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I have a great idea to reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions by 69%!! Every one who supports the idea of reducing CO2 can stop exhaling for 5 minutes.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I urge Mr. Roach in the strongest terms to face off again against Mr. Bilbray in the closed June GOP primary where no Democrats can cross over like what happened yesterday. There is no way of knowing how many dems voted for Bilbray yesterday, but it’s a safe bet that they were his margin of victory over Mr. Roach. Let’s see how Brian does against one conservative candidate.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I strongly urge Eric Roach to vote in the next few elections.
April 12th, 2006 at 12:00 am
According to press reports, there are only about 4700 absentees/provisionals not counted in SD 35 vs. 10K absentees/provisionals in CD 50. That puts Harman in better shape proportionally to his lead than Bilbray. In contrast to CD 50, there’s no doubt that Harkey got the majority of Republican votes in SD 35, but she apparently goes down to primary election defeat anyway, with the next Republican shot at Harman not until June 2008.