Apparently other things have happened while the Legislature was pulling an all-nighter:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rasmussen is not a good pollster and they often skew right, but the trend looks better for Carly Fiorina<\/a> against Sen. Barbara Boxer, with the latest show Boxer up 45-41, compared to 47-38 in March. Those results are basically within the margin of error of one another, so I wouldn’t be too alarmed. Meanwhile, did you know that anonymous sources find Boxer abrasive and outspoken<\/a>? I know because Politico told me. Amazing how the anonymous commentary on successful women always seems to line up, huh?<\/p>\n UPDATE: Sen. Boxer is looking for health care horror stories<\/a> at her website.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dianne Feinstein is still being a jerk<\/a> on health care. With the Senate due to recess before passing a bill, she’s going to have to be told by her constituents on that break that we want a good bill with a public option.<\/p>\n \u2022 Hopes of those who want to see marijuana legalized and taxed were dashed by the White House drug czar<\/a>, who said today, “Legalization is not in the president’s vocabulary, and it’s not in mine.” I would remind folks that there’s cost savings in decriminalization, too, savings to the prisons and the criminal justice system. So that could be a fallback.<\/p>\n \u2022 The President also announced the “Race to the Top” contest<\/a> for education stimulus funds today, but as long as California doesn’t use student test scores to evaluate teacher performance, the state will not qualify<\/a> for the money. Now that could spark an interesting debate inside the education community.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lots happening in the CA-10 race: John Garamendi took the coveted Cal Labor Fed endorsement<\/a> as well as the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council (Solano County is in the district). Mark DeSaulnier keeps picking up local endorsements. Joan Buchanan took the endorsement of EMILYs List<\/a>, though I thought their principle was that early money is like yeast – aren’t we five weeks out at this point? And Anthony Woods, in a major coup, scored the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund<\/a>, which should give him lots of money and volunteer support. It was notable that DeSaulnier dropped endorsements of local LGBT leaders right after that announcement – obviously Woods has become a threat. You can see Anthony Woods tonight on Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO. And Calitics has interviews with Woods and DeSaulnier that they will roll out in the next week or so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apparently other things have happened while the Legislature was pulling an all-nighter:<\/p>\n \u2022 Rasmussen is not a good pollster and they often skew right, but the trend looks better for Carly Fiorina<\/a> against Sen. Barbara Boxer, with the latest show Boxer up 45-41, compared to 47-38 in March. Those results are basically within the margin of error of one another, so I wouldn’t be too alarmed. Meanwhile, did you know that anonymous sources find Boxer abrasive and outspoken<\/a>? I know because Politico told me. Amazing how the anonymous commentary on successful women always seems to line up, huh?<\/p>\n UPDATE: Sen. Boxer is looking for health care horror stories<\/a> at her website.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dianne Feinstein is still being a jerk<\/a> on health care. With the Senate due to recess before passing a bill, she’s going to have to be told by her constituents on that break that we want a good bill with a public option.<\/p>\n \u2022 Hopes of those who want to see marijuana legalized and taxed were dashed by the White House drug czar<\/a>, who said today, “Legalization is not in the president’s vocabulary, and it’s not in mine.” I would remind folks that there’s cost savings in decriminalization, too, savings to the prisons and the criminal justice system. So that could be a fallback.<\/p>\n \u2022 The President also announced the “Race to the Top” contest<\/a> for education stimulus funds today, but as long as California doesn’t use student test scores to evaluate teacher performance, the state will not qualify<\/a> for the money. 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