[ambrose]

This is the silver lining in the California wipeout of the GOP and Bill Simon this year... The worst state budget melt-down in American History will have nary a GOP fingerprint on it.

The budget requires a 2/3rd vote, so the GOP will have some say.

Ultimately, it is hard to say it is a good thing when you see the flood of crazy laws that will be coming down the pike...

[Sabertooth]

Ultimately, it is hard to say it is a good thing...

Hey, I voted for Simon and every Republican I could. I'm just groping for a silver lining in the ashes of this defeat.

[Lancey Howard]

The budget requires a 2/3rd vote, so the GOP will have some say.

And there is the GOP's ace-in-the-hole.
All they need now is the spine to keep saying, forever,

"No new taxes", said Senate GOP leader Jim Brulte. "I have no intention of punishing taxpayers because liberals in Sacramento have overspent in the last three years against my advice."

Watching the scumbag Democrats in California grapple with their budget this year should be a hilarious treat.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Ultimately, it is hard to say it is a good thing when you see the flood of crazy laws that will be coming down the pike...

We will see the most dastardly machinations of perversity in the next two years.

I just think the Republicans should use a threat of stopping any budget for the next two years as a threat to keep the insanity at bay. Then, like the 'rats would do, not pass a budget at all.