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McClintock Tries to Rally GOP Support for Governor
Times Staff WritersCalifornia's best-known conservative, Sen. Tom McClintock, tried to unite its fractured Republican Party behind Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's reelection on Saturday, urging GOP loyalists to set aside qualms about his vast spending plans and envision the...Tags: Unions, Primaries, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Couple Paid Each Other Campaign Funds
Times Staff WriterA Republican candidate for state controller and his legislator wife have funneled campaign money into each other's consulting firms, in effect boosting their income through political donations, campaign finance reports show. Over a little more than...Tags: Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment
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Supermajority rule: good or bad?
It is one of the many oddities of California law that in order to pass a state budget or raise taxes, the Legislature must win two-thirds approval in both houses. This unusual "supermajority" rule is a big part of the reason the Legislature has missed the...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Voting, Democratic Party
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A budget -- now what?
California's economic problems are deeper today than they would have been had a balanced budget been adopted last year. But perhaps today should be reserved for expressions of relief. Although California's Republican lawmakers appeared bent on self-...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party, Elections
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Pros and cons of a top-two primary
State Sen. Abel Maldonado, a Republican legislator from the Central Coast, had the Democrats over a budget barrel and extracted from them the ultimate insider's deal -- they would put three of his pet ideas on the 2010 ballot (as constitutional...Tags: Primaries, Government, Politics, Disasters, Voting
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Wednesday's Republican National Convention schedule
The speeches and program activities for the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. All times are local for St. Paul, Minn. Program starts at 6 p.m. PT. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. (local time; 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. PT) Speakers: Anne Beiler; Sen. Norm Coleman,...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Government, Politics, Hewlett-Packard Co., Regional Authority
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Redestricting a Democratic supermajority
Redistricting reform is almost certainly dead for the rest of this decade. After all the hype that this was the year that Sacramento lawmakers would finally relinquish their power to draw the state's congressional and legislative districts -- and hand...Tags: Tom McClintock, Demographics, Politics, Death, Migration
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Californias family budget
The 14 state Senate Republicans who continue to filibuster over California's overdue budget have been called terrorists, Spartans and winners who don't know how to win. They are, in fact, members of a minority party who know how to use the rules of the...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Gray Davis, Conservation
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GOP convention schedule for Wednesday
From the Associated Press4 p.m. to 5 p.m. PDT Speakers: Anne Beiler; Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.; Renee Amoore; State Sen. Abel Maldonado of California; Carolyn Dunn ------ 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. PDT Speakers: Dr. Elena Rios; Ruth Novodor; Christy Swanson; Michael Williams, Texas...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Government, Politics, Hewlett-Packard Co., Regional Authority
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State GOP's future: resurgence or extinction?
Today's topic: What do Tuesday's results mean for the California GOP? Does the voters' rejection of the budget deal empower Republicans to be even less compromising, or does it encourage Democrats in Sacramento to marginalize and ignore the GOP by any...Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Gray Davis, Richard Riordan, Local Elections
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THE PRIMARY VOTE: For Statewide Offices, Some Familiar Faces
Times Staff WriterDemocrats sent a roster of political graybeards forward into the November general election, according to final results from Tuesday's primary, while Republican voters picked a mix of moderates and conservatives who they hope will help the party extend its...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance, Steve Poizner
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Lawmakers must pass redistricting ballot measure this year
CAPITOL JOURNALIf Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature get anything else done this year, it most likely will be -- and should be -- political redistricting reform. Redistricting reform is the path to logical term-limit flexibility. And both are badly needed...Tags: Government, Political Candidates, Politics, Jim Battin, Upper House
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