Comments for California Democratic Party Blog http://blog.cadem.org Blog of the California Democratic Party Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:56:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on California is not for Sale by Harold Humes http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2514 Harold Humes Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:56:51 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2514 Thank goodness for common sense. We have an enormous mountain to climb to move CA forward but I believe we have the people to start the process. NOT FOR SALE is the message. I want Nancy Pelosi to stay in congress. She is not my rep but her leadership is critical. I hope she stays with us for the next term. The house wrote, voted on and presented the senate with hundreds of bills that got no action. Let's see what the Repubs can do now. Not so easy. Thank goodness for common sense. We have an enormous mountain to climb to move CA forward but I believe we have the people to start the process. NOT FOR SALE is the message.

I want Nancy Pelosi to stay in congress. She is not my rep but her leadership is critical. I hope she stays with us for the next term. The house wrote, voted on and presented the senate with hundreds of bills that got no action. Let’s see what the Repubs can do now. Not so easy.

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Californian living in Sydney, Australia http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2513 Californian living in Sydney, Australia Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:55:29 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2513 I get the international perspective of my home country every day. From the outside, the USA looks very silly with all it's Right Wing extremists and believing 'socialism' and 'regulation' are dirty words. The rest of the world is waiting for America to dig itself out of a hole 8 years in the making. Bush was a laughing stock. 2 years in, it's still a long slow trek back to recovery and Barack has his work cut out for him. At least California is headed in the right direction... The whole world is watching... we can't screw up in 2012, it'll just be heartbreaking and oh so, so embarrassing... If anyone remotely close to a Tea Party or Sarah Palin gets elected, I'm taking up Australian citizenship and telling everyone my accent is Canadian. I get the international perspective of my home country every day. From the outside, the USA looks very silly with all it’s Right Wing extremists and believing ‘socialism’ and ‘regulation’ are dirty words. The rest of the world is waiting for America to dig itself out of a hole 8 years in the making. Bush was a laughing stock. 2 years in, it’s still a long slow trek back to recovery and Barack has his work cut out for him. At least California is headed in the right direction…

The whole world is watching… we can’t screw up in 2012, it’ll just be heartbreaking and oh so, so embarrassing…

If anyone remotely close to a Tea Party or Sarah Palin gets elected, I’m taking up Australian citizenship and telling everyone my accent is Canadian.

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Val Muchowski http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2512 Val Muchowski Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:53:38 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2512 Thank you John Burton! Senator Barbara Boxer was right. She needed you! We needed you! With your strong hand at the tiller, the wonderful Democratic volunteers prevailed. Now what do we do about redistricting? Party hearty! See you in a few weeks. Thank you John Burton! Senator Barbara Boxer was right. She needed you! We needed you! With your strong hand at the tiller, the wonderful Democratic volunteers prevailed.

Now what do we do about redistricting?

Party hearty! See you in a few weeks.

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Dr. Haydee http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2509 Dr. Haydee Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:46:14 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2509 I am a transplanted Dem from the snow and ice of the NYC Metro Area. I am both proud of CA showing in this election cycle and the Giants' (also transplanted from NY) win! I have a great deal of political experience from campaigns in NY/NJ as a Labor representative and I feel at home in the midst of diversity. If you guys in CADEM feel that you could use some of that experience, I am game. We are already getting late for 2012! I am a transplanted Dem from the snow and ice of the NYC Metro Area.
I am both proud of CA showing in this election cycle and the Giants’ (also transplanted from NY) win!
I have a great deal of political experience from campaigns in NY/NJ as a Labor representative and I feel at home in the midst of diversity. If you guys in CADEM feel that you could use some of that experience, I am game. We are already getting late for 2012!

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Loreto Quevedo Dimaandal http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2505 Loreto Quevedo Dimaandal Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:39:47 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2505 Thanks to President Bill Clinton for coming over to California and helping Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom and for his help to Democrats all over the country! I hope Hillary runs for the Presidency next time! We're ready any time! Loreto's Brigade for Hillary and Country Thanks to President Bill Clinton for coming over to California and helping Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom
and for his help to Democrats all over the country!

I hope Hillary runs for the Presidency next time!
We’re ready any time!

Loreto’s Brigade for Hillary and Country

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Tom Arbanas http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2504 Tom Arbanas Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:35:33 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2504 I feel secure in California because of the election outcome. Other parts of the country who voted in Tea Party and right-wing extremists had better brace for freedom losses by thos bible thumpers. I feel secure in California because of the election outcome. Other parts of the country who voted in Tea Party and right-wing extremists had better brace for freedom losses by thos bible thumpers.

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Hans Grellmann http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2503 Hans Grellmann Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:35:26 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2503 I personally am for a working democracy first, the Democratic party second. By that standard California's voters took 3 steps forward on Tuesday by voting the right way on propositions 25, 27 and 20. Proposition 25 lets the legislature approve a budget by majority vote, as is the case in most states. That should make it easier for our new ( and again ) governor to get something done in Sacramento. Voters voted no to gerrymandering when they voted no on 27 and yes on 20. Although the Democratic party is concerned that they will lose some seats when legislators can't draw their own district boundaries, no one can pretend that gerrymandering is a good idea if we want a working democracy. I hope that, when fair boundaries are drawn, we will end up sending different people to Sacramento. Less extremist, more willing and able to compromise. Then we can have a legislature that solves problems instead of posturing for their respective bases. I am not oblivious to the fact that gerrymandering is alive and well in other states ( Texas comes to mind! ) But does that make it right to follow their example? Karl Rove and Tom Delay may have helped the fortunes of their party, do we want to sink to their level? The step back was the approval of prop 26. This will mean that in order to enact or raise fees it will require a tho-thirds vote, just as it now does for taxes. We'll have to wait for George Lakoff's proposition called the California Democracy Act, which will reduce the vote requirement for taxes from two-thirds to 50% plus 1 vote. On the environment, you have to be proud of the California voter, especially when compared to those lemmings in the red states who willingly follow their global-warming-denying "leaders" over the climate cliff. Californians voted overwhelmingly to preserve California's AB 32 greenhouse gas reduction plan. I am proud of them! California's leadership on this issue gives me some hope that the United States as a whole will eventually wake up. I personally am for a working democracy first, the Democratic party second.

By that standard California’s voters took 3 steps forward on Tuesday by voting the right way on propositions 25, 27 and 20.

Proposition 25 lets the legislature approve a budget by majority vote, as is the case in most states. That should make it easier for our new ( and again ) governor to get something done in Sacramento.

Voters voted no to gerrymandering when they voted no on 27 and yes on 20. Although the Democratic party is concerned that they will lose some seats when legislators can’t draw their own district boundaries, no one can pretend that gerrymandering is a good idea if we want a working democracy. I hope that, when fair boundaries are drawn, we will end up sending different people to Sacramento. Less extremist, more willing and able to compromise. Then we can have a legislature that solves problems instead of posturing for their respective bases. I am not oblivious to the fact that gerrymandering is alive and well in other states ( Texas comes to mind! ) But does that make it right to follow their example? Karl Rove and Tom Delay may have helped the fortunes of their party, do we want to sink to their level?

The step back was the approval of prop 26. This will mean that in order to enact or raise fees it will require a tho-thirds vote, just as it now does for taxes. We’ll have to wait for George Lakoff’s proposition called the California Democracy Act, which will reduce the vote requirement for taxes from two-thirds to 50% plus 1 vote.

On the environment, you have to be proud of the California voter, especially when compared to those lemmings in the red states who willingly follow their global-warming-denying “leaders” over the climate cliff. Californians voted overwhelmingly to preserve California’s AB 32 greenhouse gas reduction plan. I am proud of them! California’s leadership on this issue gives me some hope that the United States as a whole will eventually wake up.

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Blane http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2502 Blane Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:34:28 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2502 As we assess the 2010 mid-term election a few things are already very clear: strong, qualified, passionate, articulate & intellegent candidates who ran on, not away from, the significant progress made toward mitigating the economic meltdown, created by eight years of radical republican policy choices, in the first two years Pres. Obama's Administration won; even in the face of the intellectually ridiculous Citizen's United ruling. Whereas, those stood in the way of HCR & the public option lost! In fact, look at the exit polls- if Dems had stood strong on the public HCR would have 60% support. Furthermore, if Senate Dems had fought to reauthorize middle-class tax cuts & let the cuts for the most fortunate 2% sunset- it would of helped the House greatly! Consequently, we must remember to run at radical republican/tea party BS with the full of our strenght of our conviction- not away from thier fallacious arguments! If from the moment Pres. Obama's took office all of our leaders had do so, not just CA's Leaders, they too would be experencing our StateWide sweep! Factual reality + our ground troops has & will trump the money from the Citizens United & the USCC. America is a Pluralistic Democracy , by definition compromise is a healthly & necissary reality; but we can not & should not capitulate! As we assess the 2010 mid-term election a few things are already very clear: strong, qualified, passionate, articulate & intellegent candidates who ran on, not away from, the significant progress made toward mitigating the economic meltdown, created by eight years of radical republican policy choices, in the first two years Pres. Obama’s Administration won; even in the face of the intellectually ridiculous Citizen’s United ruling. Whereas, those stood in the way of HCR & the public option lost! In fact, look at the exit polls- if Dems had stood strong on the public HCR would have 60% support. Furthermore, if Senate Dems had fought to reauthorize middle-class tax cuts & let the cuts for the most fortunate 2% sunset- it would of helped the House greatly! Consequently, we must remember to run at radical republican/tea party BS with the full of our strenght of our conviction- not away from thier fallacious arguments! If from the moment Pres. Obama’s took office all of our leaders had do so, not just CA’s Leaders, they too would be experencing our StateWide sweep! Factual reality + our ground
troops has & will trump the money from the Citizens United & the USCC. America is a Pluralistic Democracy , by definition compromise is a healthly & necissary reality; but we can not & should not capitulate!

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Maria http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2501 Maria Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:32:20 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2501 I am SO THANKFUL that Barbara Boxer retained her seat and that Jerry Brown is our Governor. It is the only bright spot right now. I am SO THANKFUL that Barbara Boxer retained her seat and that Jerry Brown is our Governor. It is the only bright spot right now.

]]> Comment on California is not for Sale by Cathie http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2499 Cathie Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:25:55 +0000 http://blog.cadem.org/?p=662#comment-2499 I am proud of all the Democrats for coming out and voting for our team! I am so happy that Jerry Brown is our governor, and I can't be happier that Barbara Boxer is still our Senator. I tried really hard to make Beth Krom my new Democratic Representative, but we will just have to try harder next time. Thanks, Beth, for all your effort! I live in Irvine, and I hope to change the scenery in the OC and make it more Progressive. Thanks, Cathie :) I am proud of all the Democrats for coming out and voting for our team! I am so happy that Jerry Brown is our governor, and I can’t be happier that Barbara Boxer is still our Senator. I tried really hard to make Beth Krom my new Democratic Representative, but we will just have to try harder next time. Thanks, Beth, for all your effort!

I live in Irvine, and I hope to change the scenery in the OC and make it more Progressive.

Thanks,
Cathie :)

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