August 13, 2003
Recall Roundup
Liberal Oasis has the usual good examination of the Sunday talking head circuit, which this week seems to have been given over to the California recall. (Because, you know, it's been a slow news cycle with nothing much else going on in the world.) The post is a very good examination of the main candidates positions on the crucial budget issue, and a campaign meme from Arianna that should be taken up by all the left-of-center candidates.
Kos thinks that Davis will win the recall
Billmon brings us Conan the Republican.
Would you vote for this guy?
Hackenblog points us to a Tom Paine article on how it's Arianna, not Arnold that's taken on the Jesse Ventura boa mantle.
Pax Nortona thinks that California's real problem is term limits.
Christian Science Monitor on why Bush is staying out of the fray, and why that might be the best thing for the chances of the Republican candidates.
Fox runs a piece on Arnold's hiring of Warren Buffett, which finishes up trying to cast him as another CEO type whose biggest advantage lies in surrounding himself with good advisers. And we've never seen *that* go wrong before.
The Mercury News analyzes the Latino vote.
The Globe and Mail on how California's current predicament represents populism gone astray.
The San Francisco chronicle notes that Davis is hurrying to fill judicial vacancies, though he still hasn't appointed as many judges as his Republican predecessors. Too bad Clinton didn't get a chance to do that. Also, Jon Carroll believes that calling the recall a circus is an insult to circuses.
TBogg on Arnold's Hollywood support base. Also, in an unrelated item that's too funny not to post immediately no matter the context, it turns out that the freepers have completely lost it. They now claim that the big oil companies are secretly in league with the environmentalists and the Democrats, and... well, I just can't think of anything else to say about that.
Posted by natasha at August 13, 2003 06:23 PM | TrackBackThe San Jose Mercury News is not to be trusted under any circumstances.
Tony Ridder gutted that paper 24 months ago to keep margins up. The real editor quit and Ridder brought in a classic whore, Ryerson.
He's ruined that paper. He's also a sexist pig; for some reason he sometimes decides to run a Female Day in the op-ed section: he buys the latest pieces from Ivins and Charen.
He always puts Ivins below Charen and gives her more space--100 words worth. He did it today, August 14th. I can't stand that slimy Republican media whore Ryerson. It's my hometown paper and it hurts quite a bit to see it trashed so quickly.
Mona Charen was also awful today. It makes me cranky.
Posted by: paradox on August 14, 2003 05:20 PM