Indulge me for a minute while I talk California state politics. I swear there’s a lesson for everyone… John Garamendi, the state’s Lieutenant Governor, won election to Congress earlier this month. Arnold Schwarzenegger has the opportunity to appoint a replacement, who must then be confirmed by the Senate. He named that replacement last night on [...]

Talk to the hand… The DNC and the Obama White House rolled out their latest tactic last week, securing support on health reform from a variety of Republicans, most of them retired and none of whom can actually vote on the bill in Congress. Within a matter of days, Bill Frist had backed off his [...]

Governors don’t just resign without any reason. Sometimes governors resign to accept Cabinet positions, become Ambassadors or judges, or be sworn into other jobs they’ve been elected to. But governors who’ve left office without the reason of another job have done so for rather more mundane reasons: sex, money, or money for sex. Let’s review, shall we?

Last week, FOX pulled out all the teabags for their newest victim, a notorious water district in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Meet their victim of the month, Westside Water District: half the size of Connecticut, laden with farmers who get triple Federal subsidies (crop, water, electricity), and in hock to us all for $480 million.

Remember back in the fight over the economic stimulus package, when the idea of the federal government spending billions to make up state/local government budget deficits got cut back substantially? Well, now California is preparing to pay the price:Faced with a massive budget crisis, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has outlined major budget cuts and plans to sell some of the state’s most treasured landmarks.

A year ago, polls in California showed a close race if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chose to challenge Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat. A new Field Poll today, though, shows how much damage has been done to the erstwhile Terminator’s hopes by that state’s ongoing deficit crisis — which Arnold had been dancing around for years, until the current recession caused it to blow up in his face.

As part of his hunt for line item vetoes to actually balance the budget deal, the Kindergarten Cop Governator cut the budgets for other constitutional officers allegedly to compensate for their refusal to participate in his state employee furlough.

Republicans and their friends in the GOP/Media Complex depend on Americans to have zero historical memory or cognitive skills. (That’s likely a key reason why they want to destroy public schools.) If we have no memory and no way to put it to good use, we can’t see the irony of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tim Pawlenty, two governors who claim to be fiscally responsible, being in fact unbelievably bad with our money.

John McCain’s Treasury Secretary choice and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman lost her two big-name GOP consultants before she even decides to run for governor of California.

Today, on CNN, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed hope that Proposition 8 can be overturned by the Supreme Court. To which I say, where were you, Arnold?