[NormsRevenge]

Is this the silver lining to the storm cloud of rampant socialism?

[NormsRevenge]

Ping

[samtheman]

This seems like grasping for straws. I fear that California remains a One Party Dictatorship.

[John Jorsett]

The budget is about the only area where Republicans will matter, although, as the article notes, their larger numbers will make it more difficult for Democrats to let their members in conservative districts slide on tough votes. That, combined with the upcoming fiscal disaster, might translate into more Republican legislators two years from now. So it's a possible silver lining.

[tubebender]

BUMP....

[altair]

That said, the fact that Democrats gained the one minor statewide office they hadn't previously held -- secretary of state

I would like to quote newly elected SoS Kevin Shelley from the voters guide (italics are his).

"This year, I worked to expand the program to protect women who were being harassed for seeking family planning services, including abortion. Did you know that extremists proposed a law that would have denied any woman who had an abortion the right to vote?"

Personified pure evil. It's a pity about Olberg. He was the only candidate who mentioned the abomination of reporting election forecasts before the polls close in his candidate's statement.