http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/ Covering the 2008 election Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/#comment-5571 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:43:23 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/#comment-5571 [...] It is important to recognize that things in California politics are always more complicated than they seem. For starters, the California primary was moved up to help the legislators keep their jobs. They have put an initiative on the ballot remove term limits. The idea is that they end term limits and then file for the June primaries. There’s going to be another initiative on the ballot at the same time: non-partisan redistricting. Redistricting is very important to Governor Schwarzenegger. (at this point, I have to throw in a disclaimer. I worked on the 2005 redistricting initiative) [...] […] It is important to recognize that things in California politics are always more complicated than they seem. For starters, the California primary was moved up to help the legislators keep their jobs. They have put an initiative on the ballot remove term limits. The idea is that they end term limits and then file for the June primaries. There’s going to be another initiative on the ballot at the same time: non-partisan redistricting. Redistricting is very important to Governor Schwarzenegger. (at this point, I have to throw in a disclaimer. I worked on the 2005 redistricting initiative) […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/#comment-1462 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:55:20 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/#comment-1462 [...] If Rudy is serious about really getting in this thing, and his people are taking pains to let it be known that he is, then more power to him. I just hope that he didn’t wait too long and can manage to catch up with McCain and Romney. Given that California is heavily considering moving their primary (for both parties) to February 5th, it’s all the more crucial that candidates have enough of an organization (both field staff and lots of money) in place to be competitive where it counts. [...] […] If Rudy is serious about really getting in this thing, and his people are taking pains to let it be known that he is, then more power to him. I just hope that he didn’t wait too long and can manage to catch up with McCain and Romney. Given that California is heavily considering moving their primary (for both parties) to February 5th, it’s all the more crucial that candidates have enough of an organization (both field staff and lots of money) in place to be competitive where it counts. […]

]]> http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/#comment-1461 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:50:11 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/01/21/california-moving-up/#comment-1461 [...] If Rudy is serious about really getting in this thing, and his people are taking pains to let it be known that he is, then more power to him. I just hope that he didn’t wait too long and can manage to catch up with McCain and Romney. Given that California is heavily considering moving their primary (for both parties) to February 5th, it’s all the more crucial that candidates have enough of an organization (both field staff and lots of money) in place to be competitive where it counts. by LJ @ 3:47 pm. Filed under Rudy Giuliani   [Trackback URL]  [link] Trackback URL for this post: http://race42008.com/2007/01/21/rudy-rudy-rudy/trackback/ [...] […] If Rudy is serious about really getting in this thing, and his people are taking pains to let it be known that he is, then more power to him. I just hope that he didn’t wait too long and can manage to catch up with McCain and Romney. Given that California is heavily considering moving their primary (for both parties) to February 5th, it’s all the more crucial that candidates have enough of an organization (both field staff and lots of money) in place to be competitive where it counts. by LJ @ 3:47 pm. Filed under Rudy Giuliani   [Trackback URL]  [link] Trackback URL for this post: http://race42008.com/2007/01/21/rudy-rudy-rudy/trackback/ […]

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