California's early presidential primary election has been hijacked by the special interests, which was probably the idea all along. The politicians told us that the Feb. 5 primary was to give the nation's most populous state more clout in the presidential nominating process. It was really about saving the jobs of term-limited legislators and giving the gambling tribes a place to battle over slot machines.
I discuss all this in my column today. Click here to read it. There are seven propositions on the Feb. 5 ballot, whiich was supposed to be about presidential politics. Now we're going to have three statewide elections next year -- February, June and November. What a waste of money.
Can anybody tell me why someone might think that things will ever improve in California? We are being held hostage by special interests and the majority of the population doesn't seem to care.Implosion seems to be inevitable.Timing your getaway seems to be the only pertinent issue.
It is a huge waste of money to have all these elections and California doesn't matter. We will never have a say until or unless they do away with the electoral votes and just count the votes of the people.
I didn't realize democracy was such a waste of money. How many times has the presidential nominee in either party still been up for grabs in June? I don't care so much about "clout," I just want a choice when I vote.
I'm not a big fan of term limits. They seemed like a good idea at first, but it seems like the Legislature has only gotten worse since term limits were instituted. Maybe I was just younger and more naive, but it seems like the state worked better when long-timers like Maddy and Vuich walked the halls of the State Capitol.
But I won't vote for ending term limits unless it is accompanied by a fair redistricting plan. The politicians shot themselves in the foot this time, as far as I'm concerned.