John Fund wrote about the future of 20% of the US Economy and over 10% of the population: Tony Quinn, co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of state politics, says that if Democrats retake the governorship after Mr. Schwarzenegger’s departure in 2010, it’s "pretty clear" that they Read more
District Winner Total Votes California 34 (Los Angeles) D+53.6 74,818 California 31 (Los Angeles) D+100 64,952 Neil Stevens has an interesting post at Redstate about "Rotten boroughs" in California, among other states. He points to some interesting issues. He points to illegal immigration more than I would and less to Read more
Jon Fleischman has some polling data on John Doolittle re-election. They are bad: In a one-on-one match up, if the election were held today, Democrat Charlie Brown gets 51% of the vote to Congressman Doolittle’s 31%. Those surveyed were also asked if they had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Read more
The member of the North Carolina House who was manager for the bill has a different story [emphasis in the original]: As the House member handling Senate Bill 353, which purported to allocate North Carolina’s electoral votes by Congressional district, with two votes reflecting the North Carolina’s popular vote, I Read more
Redstate’s Erick Erickson noted yesterday that the electoral college reform in North Carolina stopped because because Howard Dean realized it would give them no feet to stand on in California: The measure raced through the North Carolina State Senate, the State House was preparing to pass it and the Governor Read more
And, perhaps, well he should. From the Sac(ramento) Bee: But in a telephone news conference Monday, NRCC Chairman Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., indicated that the political ground has a way of shifting. "There’s a factor outside of normal politics that needs to be resolved," Cole said. "We’re keeping a close Read more
This would be an earthquake. Huffington Post has the story: A Republican-backed ballot proposal could split left-leaning California between the Democratic and GOP nominees, tilting the 2008 presidential election in favor of the Republicans. California awards its cache of 55 electoral votes to the statewide winner in presidential elections _ Read more
State 1/x Households in Foreclosure # of Households foreclosing Bush 04 margin EVs Primary Date Nevada 40 25,208 21k 5 1/19 Colorado 60 34,287 100k 9 2/5 California 69 189,560 -1.2m 55 2/5 Michigan 80 55,896 -160k 17 1/26?? Florida 81 102,213 380k 27 1/29 Ohio 82 60,728 120k 20 Read more
More bad news on the housing front. Here are some maps and charts. Note Florida and Nevada. Not that Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or New Mexico are doing well. These charts are from the WSJ, via The Big Picture. These might also make taking back a couple of House seats tough. Read more
Rules fights are fun, obscure, and usually well behind the scenes. Not the fight over whether independents (normal speak for California’s "Decline to State" or DTS) can vote in the GOP primary. They can in the Democrat’s primary. For the most part, this fight is breaking down along ideological lines. Read more