Bruce Cain
Bruce Cain
Bruce E. Cain is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. Professor Cain’s fields of interest include American politics, political regulation, democratic theory, and state and local government. He has written extensively on elections, legislative representation, California politics, redistricting, and political regulation. In addition to his academic work, Cain frequently is quoted in national and international media, and regularly appears as a political expert for KGO-TV in the...
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But on the margins it does recreate the dynamic that made Schwarzenegger's election in the recall possible in the first place.
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Basically. The rich and famous only need apply.
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First is the price tag - it's huge, and the financing details are fairly complex. People are going to want to know how realistic is it that you are going to get this money.
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Their numbers are an estimate, all our numbers are an estimate, but they're perfectly sensible,
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It all portends a very rocky start to 2006 for the administration because the concerns are increasingly bipartisan.
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Arnold, or someone, has to sit through all this advice and sort out a coherent plan. One thing we haven't seen in the Schwarzenegger administration is coherence.
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I think they may be playing it for all it's worth. If he's trying to get back on a bipartisan track, what better way than to pick a fight with the president?
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In public esteem, the judges are the most highly rated of the three branches of government.
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In Sacramento, the sense of urgency is what often compels them to do anything and the sense of urgency is now gone.
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Term limits make it harder to do structural initiatives that require a number of years to implement.
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You're there to do a job and to represent your constituents. If you're not making decisions it seems to me you're not fulfilling your obligation.
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There's no question that the election is an impediment to negotiation.
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It seemed to me the honeymoon with Brown wore off after the first term, and in the African American community, they weren't happy with Brown at all. He went sour with key elements of the city, and it's no good to be identified with him.
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This is her dilemma. A lot of the pressures of her constituency point to her taking a very aggressive position on withdrawing from Iraq. But her role as minority leader demands that she pick a position that does not damage the chances of Democrats in races around the country.