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 ...
Anything that diminishes the powers of unions and corrupt politicos is a good thing.
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?).
Like “Where’s the free choom?”
California has plunked down all their chips on an Obama second term that includes a bailout for them.
I guess that means I’m voting Yes on 32!
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