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Californians Give PIN Numbers to Dems
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Nov 12, 2012 06:10pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Steven Greenhut |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "After the election results came in, I started searching for two things: a stiff drink and a good out-of-state real estate agent.
The national election sends troubling signs about the direction of the country, but nothing much will change from the past four years, so we know what to expect, even if it isn’t particularly good.
But California voters have sent their state into some new and potentially dark territory, the results of which will soon be felt.
Before the election, I quoted the late journalist and social critic H.L. Mencken, and now is a good time to repeat his tart observation that democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it … “good and hard.”
Californians are definitely going to feel the pain, not just in the passage of Proposition 30 and its direct hike in taxes.
The big news: It looks like voters have handed two-thirds legislative majorities to the Democrats. The state Senate is a sure thing, and final counting will likely yield supermajority control of the Assembly to the Democrats, thanks, in part, to North Orange County voters’ ousting of Assemblyman Chris Norby." |
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