Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex, tells me that the Demo ops of California are despairing of the huge advantage Meg Whitman enjoys in California campaigning with her cash and personality for governor, and so the Dem ops have hired a plan to follow Meg Whitman by small plane as she drives home. The plane trails a banner that taunts Meg Whitman for not talking to nurses. This is a union ploy, based upon the detail that Meg Whitman does not often give press avails (much like POTUS Obama). The other concern for the Democrats is that Jerry Brown, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, behaves so casually, aimlessly, that he is not much competition for 21st Century tactics. This all hurts Barbara Boxer in the Senate race, because Democratic women, who disdain Jerry Brown's strangeness, are not going to vote at all -- which will cut into Boxer's female voter base in November. The Bluest California is going deep purple. The last shall be first; the Sacramento wolf will party with demon sheep.
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I noticed Simon saying 'we' when referring to himself and Republicans. I guess we can gather from that that he is not a Democrat. Never mind, nothing has ever been lost by declaring oneself. Personally, I've found the recent trend in our town's political lawn signs - leaving us guessing as to the party affiliation of the candidate - disturbing.
I myself lean heavily Republican. (I just wish the NYT would admit to their Marxist pedigree.) Lately though, I've been struck by the see-sawing between the parties. I am wondering if we can continue as such. More and more, I feel the need for a significant change; a break in the cycle (of birth and re-birth, if you want to put it in metaphysical terms).
Whether Dems or Republicans are in office, the people always seem to get the short end of the stick. Washington insiders seem to systematically exclude us from their considerations. We seem more of a nuisance to them. Sure, every so often they come down from their mountaintops and grovel for our votes. We vote for them in good faith, thrilled by our brush with celebrity which most of these Washington types have become. We are so trusting. We're still buying that 'this is America, where nothing bad can ever happen (to us)' Kool-Aid wholesale.
Can’t rely on the parties anymore to do the right thing. We’ll actually have to keep ourselves informed. We have to be clear about who we are and what it is we want. Next we will actually have to get involved: attend town meetings; run for dog catcher; vote for (or against) school budgets and such. Might have to miss a few ‘American Idols’ to do all that.
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