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The Maldonado matter
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Jan 29, 2010 01:21pm |
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| Category | Editorial |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 5, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) to be lieutenant governor more than a month ago. The Legislature must soon begin grappling with the governor's budget plan, so it should waste no further time and swiftly confirm Maldonado to the post.
Democratic lawmakers might drag their feet on confirming their Republican colleague for several reasons, all of them bad. Perhaps they think they can use the confirmation as a bargaining chip with the governor. That's just silly. Schwarzenegger completely outmaneuvered the Democrats on budget negotiations last year, and nothing as -- let's be honest -- inconsequential as his pick for lieutenant governor is going to move him to change a budget stance now.
Maybe they want to prevent a Republican from taking a statewide office in an election year, so there will be no incumbent to get in a Democratic candidate's way. But why reserve a do-nothing job for one of their own, when they have a chance to confirm a pragmatic, moderate Republican ahead of a GOP primary in which, if recent history is any guide, voters would otherwise pick the most conservative candidate? |
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