CA: Governor says health reform, early primary will give state clout

...California would be "an example for the rest of the country" if it adopted universal health coverage, something he insisted he wants done this year.

"Let the rest of the country look at us in a jealous way and just say, 'How did they do it?'"

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calcowgirl, care to share how they will do it? by making other states pick up the bulk of the tab. ;-)

An early primary would give legislators a chance to place a measure on the ballot seeking to extend their terms. If it passed, they could run again for their old offices in the regular June primary. The governor, who faces term limits in 2010, could be included in the deal.

The talks also include placing a separate measure on redistricting on an early presidential primary ballot.

NO and NO and NO!!!

If Arnie and Núñez are cookin' this up, it will stink to high heaven!

Arnie here a better idea-lets deport 4.8 millon people.

Any package that includes term limit extensions just isn't going to pass, and will likely bring down redistricting or any other reform measure on the ballot with it. Voters don't like power grabs.

calcowgirl, care to share how they will do it? by making other states pick up the bulk of the tab. ;-)

Ya mean this prediction from Cato?

(snip)
Schwarzenegger actually proposes to use an old Medicaid trick that would put non-Californians on the hook for much more than half the cost. First, he would boost state payments to providers, which triggers federal matching funds. But then he would tax the providers so much that he would recover the state’s initial outlay plus most of the federal matching funds, which he would then use to finance the rest of the plan. At the end of the day, California would spend zero extra dollars on provider payments, yet the ruse would net an additional $1.3 billion from taxpayers in other states.
After one cuts through the budget gimmicks, one finds that Californians would contribute only $1.3 billion to the plan, while taxpayers in other states would contribute $4.5 billion — or over three times as much.

Of course, that's just dealing with less than half of the total bill. The rest will squeeze doctors, increase premiums for businesses and the rest of us, and reduce the quality of care that most receive today. Oh, yeah... and make sure you live a "healthy" life, or Arnie will charge you even more! I hope you like going to that nurse practioner at Walmart. Who really needs doctors, anyway?

and here folks thought Chavez was a snake.. setting off the process to make him Ruler for life in Venezuela.. lol

Thanks, That's the one,,

Please put on your skeptical visor for the next 4 years. Redistricting is only as good as the details in the fine print. If it is being hatched by Arnold and Núñez, and favored by the majority of democrats, it is most likely not a good thing.

~~tax tax tax .. uhh.. fee fee fee~~ uhh.. charge charge charge

Free health care for everyone sure will increase Kalifornia's number of Presidential electors.

"Let the rest of the country look at us in a jealous way "

""Craig, we were talking about family values. That is the theme here. A lot of people are saying, by the Republicans saying that as the theme of their campaign, they're really excluding everybody but the people who fit into the traditional nuclear family, the `Ozzie and Harriet' image...People also want to know where in this big image do people who are single mothers, who are blacks, who are people on welfare, who are homosexuals -- they don't seem to be included in this `family values'!...But they do [feel excluded]!"

--Maria Shriver To Bush adviser Craig Fuller, PBS convention special, August 19, 1992.

...fee, charge, levy, assessment, impost, contribution, donation....

But it is not a "tax"!!!! LOL

People also want to know where in this big image do people who are single mothers, who are blacks, who are people on welfare, who are homosexuals...

Blacks, single mothers, and people on welfare don't/can't have family values?
Elitist Maria needs to get out of the Kennedy compound and talk to some real people.

From Capital Notes:

No Primary State Tour, Health Care, Nancy Who?

Governor Schwarzenegger made his annual appearance today at the Sacramento Press Club. And as usual, he fielded questions on just about every political and policy topic out there.

Contrary to some of the suggestions made recently, the governor downplayed his intentions vis-a-vis the 2008 race for the White House. He said he wants the major parties to address important issues, but he's not ready to get too involved in the campaign.

"I'm not going to chase the presidential candidates from state to state," he said.

[More of that answer can be heard here.]

The governor also reiterated his support for moving the state's presidential primary to February. "I'm interested in making California a player," he said.

And is there any chance he'd endorse a Democrat for president? "We all should look at all the candidates carefully," said Schwarzenegger. Later, he seemed to reiterate support for Republicans... but not without a lot of caveats. [You can here that answer here, with the Q asked by George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times.]

Asked about whether he was willing to reform the state's troubled health care system in separate steps, the governor quickly said, "No. Absolutely not, because I think that we should not piecemeal this." [You can here that question & answer here.]

And at one point, Schwarzenegger was asked about the status of his relationship with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-SF). "I really don't have a relationship with here," he said matter-of-factly. The governor went on to say he hopes to have a working relationship with Pelosi, especially when it comes to federal funding for the Golden State. [You can hear those comments here.]

Look for audio from the full event on the SPC's website later tonight.

Just like the other great thinkers of history, Arnold.
Yeah right.

Have an orange, fool. Are ya praying for snow?

Praying for snow, No, not here, but the sierra resorts are,, and darn, we're down to the last few of our own oranges too.

We actually got a pretty good dusting on the local Bay area peaks out of a front that moved thru last night,

California would be "an example for the rest of the country" if it adopted universal health coverage,

Maybe the Grovelnator should have looked at what happened with TennCare.

Maybe the Grovelnator should have looked at what happened with TennCare.

There is a good article posted on that:

Governor Schwarzenegger Should Go to Nashville
American Thinker ^ | January.17,2007 | Patrick Poole
Posted on 01/17/2007 3:45:30 PM PST by Reagan Man