On the KTVU 10 PM news, caught a snip of results of a new Field Poll that shows the Legislature is on shaky ground, as usual, with the public. I haven't located poll results online yet, should be out tomorrow for public viewing, I suspect.
The Legislature is seen as more confrontational and unwilling to work for needed reforms by a pretty significant margin.
Of course, 'experts' and media talking heads and analysts weighing in say the Gub may be risking too much in trying to use his popularity to push for broad reforms (no pun intended) in such an aggressive manner, and they won't be approved without democrat support.
In reading the back and forth between you two of yesterday, I share forester's desire to grasp at any straw to give A.S. the benefit of some kind of doubt, but I sure am seeing an increase in Republican "whistling past the grave yard" and Democrat "sippin the insipid koolaid!"
I would be overjoyed if A.S. could inspire "the people" to adopt and ride his "Four Horsemen" of the CA Dem apocolypse to at least the victory that could give better government for the near future. But this whole Davis/Dem-lawmuckers train wreck is like the one in the 1970's when the train loaded with Vietnam War Bombs began blowing up the switching yard as it pulled into Roseville!!!
Both our CA Constitution and governmental scheme of things are becoming less stable and more the consistency of nitroglycerine, every day without strong, stable, committed leadership like we see currently in D.C.!
We keep lurching toward "Government by Whim" a little more each day with the usual tactic of "let's fool 'em, so's we can rule 'em," remaining the norm! (Sorry Norm)
The Legislature is seen as more confrontational and unwilling to work for needed reforms by a pretty significant margin.
Grasping at straws waspman? I think the guv may succeed at some of his intiatives, such as pension reform and redistricting. Education will be tougher as the teachers are masters at propaganda. I can hear it now "Budget cuts kill kids, film at eleven."
I do believe that the budget mess is so bad that the bureaucrats days of heisting the State treasury are over..... they will have to go back to nickel and diming us to death as they always have :o).