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* Dan Morain of the SacBee thinks John Eastman’s virulently anti-gay candidacy for Attorney General will help push voters away for the Republican party. Decline to state will soon eclipse the GOP anyway, but Morain argues that this will only hasten that development.
* The immigration still poses a tough question for both Republican candidates. It’s not a high priority for the general electorate, but the Republican base is hung up on it. Poizner is throwing red meat, but Whitman is trying to sate their hunger by throwing some poultry in an effort to avoid sounding anti-Latino. Not sure that’s working all that well.
* Timm Herdt on ballot designations: two GOP AG candidates got their designations dinged and Herdt wants the process reformed.
* There’s talk of a temporary BART fare reduction, but without a substantial new source of money coming in, this seems more like politics with a short view towards policy. We need real revenue for our local transportation systems.
I wouldn’t vote for a Republican. I can’t even contemplate doing that after the last 10 years. But I might not obsessively oppose one if that one came out strong and hard against the teabaggers and showed some courage.
I don’t think a single one in California will do that this year.