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California delgates have more on their mind than Obama re-election
Sacramento Bee ^ | 9/5/12 | David Siders and Torey Van Oot

Posted on 09/05/2012 10:05:09 AM PDT by SmithL

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The welcome packet for California delegates attending this week's Democratic National Convention includes a letter from state party Chairman John Burton calling the four-day political gathering the "kickoff for our final push to victory in November."

"When we return to California, we've got a real fight on our hands," the letter reads.

Burton wasn't talking about re-electing President Barack Obama. The opponent California Democrats "must defeat," he wrote, is Proposition 32, a November ballot measure that could curb unions' influence by banning the use of payroll-deducted dollars for political spending.

With Obama a virtual shoo-in to carry blue California, state Democrats have pivoted hard to state-specific election concerns this week, particularly Proposition 32, which could dramatically alter the balance of power in state politics.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2012; democrats; elections; prop32; rats; unionthugs

1 posted on 09/05/2012 10:05:11 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Anything that diminishes the powers of unions and corrupt politicos is a good thing.


2 posted on 09/05/2012 10:13:06 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: SmithL

I’m resonably certain that the Democrat ‘welcome pack’ will have some weed and rubbers in it....and Sandra Fluke’s cell number (did I say that out loud?).


3 posted on 09/05/2012 10:29:43 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: SmithL

Like “Where’s the free choom?”


4 posted on 09/05/2012 10:42:34 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SmithL

California has plunked down all their chips on an Obama second term that includes a bailout for them.


5 posted on 09/05/2012 11:06:24 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SmithL
...state party Chairman John Burton calling the four-day political gathering the "kickoff for our final push to victory in November."

Every time I hear these schmucks speak, I feel like I am hearing a speech from someone in the Politburo in the old USSR.


6 posted on 09/05/2012 12:06:55 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SmithL

I guess that means I’m voting Yes on 32!


7 posted on 09/05/2012 1:37:21 PM PDT by CountryClassSF
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