Dan Schnur
Dan Schnur
The Fair Political Practices Commissionof California is a five-member independent, non-partisan commission that has primary responsibility for the impartial and effective administration of the Political Reform Act of 1974. The Commission’s objectives are to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental decision-making process, to promote transparency in government, and to foster public trust in the political system...
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It's politics as usual. He can blame Sacramento -- I don't think that's his first or his best option but it's a fallback.
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It's very hard to see why he'd want to spend another four years working under the same set of restrictions. Legislators in safe districts and a budget process that doesn't work -- that doesn't seem like a fun way to spend four more years of his life.
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Arnold is not moving substantively very far at all, but he is dramatically changing his emphasis. Almost every policy proposal that's come out of the Governor's Office over the last week or two is not significantly different from things he's talked about in the past. But he's making a much greater effort to emphasize a more moderate and conciliatory approach.
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The desperation to which the state's constitutional officers are willing to go to avoid getting a real job is extraordinary.
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Last year he was drawing lines in the sand; this year he is looking for common ground. He needs to win back the support of Californians who voted for him in the recall election in 2003 but voted against his initiatives in the special election.
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Fundraising can make normally sane people pretty crazy. They both have political goals for which they are raising money, and they are drawing from the same base.
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Both sides believe that their supporters are more motivated. It's impossible to guess who is right, but we'll know on election day.