Governor's Failure on Infrastructure Bonds
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It appears the Governor and his new Bush-powered campaign team has thrown in the towel on his super-sized infrastructure debacle. Last night, he punted his infrastructure bond to the legislature in the Big 5, telling them since he didn't have the muscle to secure a single Republican vote in either the Assembly or Senate for his package, he'd leave it to them to put something on his desk.
Now there's leadership.
The Governor without values or vision has abandoned ship on yet another of his ill-conceived grandiose plans. This latest gubernatorial fumble follows in the footsteps of the collapse of his "blowing up the boxes" California Performance Review, and last year's $50 million special election fiasco.
The Governor's latest failure highlights new fault lines in his governorship as he once again leaves the capitol for weeks of fundraising across the nation instead of focusing on California's problems.
* A Governor Over His Head -- The last three weeks show the Governor continues to fail to grasp the complexities of running the state. Once again he returned embarrassingly empty handed from Washington, D.C. after pleading with the Bush Administration and Republican Congress for federal aid for levee repair -- then tripled his request for levee repairs by slipping a letter under the door of legislative leaders at night. He opted for heading to Ohio for a body-building contest instead of negotiating for his bond package. And he failed to anticipate and quell the intra-party struggle among Republicans on his proposals.
* A Major Disconnect with the Republican Base -- Conservative activists lobbied strongly against the Governor's package. In fact, the Governor failed to convince his own running mate, Tom McClintock, to vote for the package -- undermining the Republican campaign. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and conservative bloggers railed against the Governor, erasing the faux goodwill at the Republican convention a few weeks ago.
* A Weakened Relationship with the Legislature -- The Governor's relationship is even worse among Democrats, with the Senate president pro tem saying he was "sucker punched" by the Administration. Strategic errors by the Governor's much vaunted new chief-of-staff in negotiations with Republicans (failing to engage them before their retreat where they became in entrenched in their pay-as-you-go philosophy) and in pushing a water storage plan that made no sense to either Republicans or Democrats helped torpedo the deal.
That odor you smell coming out of the first floor in the Capitol is lame duck…
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It appears the Governor and his new Bush-powered campaign team has thrown in the towel on his super-sized infrastructure debacle. Last night, he punted his infrastructure bond to the legislature in the Big 5, telling them since he didn't have the muscle to secure a single Republican vote in either the Assembly or Senate for his package, he'd leave it to them to put something on his desk.
Now there's leadership.
The Governor without values or vision has abandoned ship on yet another of his ill-conceived grandiose plans. This latest gubernatorial fumble follows in the footsteps of the collapse of his "blowing up the boxes" California Performance Review, and last year's $50 million special election fiasco.
The Governor's latest failure highlights new fault lines in his governorship as he once again leaves the capitol for weeks of fundraising across the nation instead of focusing on California's problems.
* A Governor Over His Head -- The last three weeks show the Governor continues to fail to grasp the complexities of running the state. Once again he returned embarrassingly empty handed from Washington, D.C. after pleading with the Bush Administration and Republican Congress for federal aid for levee repair -- then tripled his request for levee repairs by slipping a letter under the door of legislative leaders at night. He opted for heading to Ohio for a body-building contest instead of negotiating for his bond package. And he failed to anticipate and quell the intra-party struggle among Republicans on his proposals.
* A Major Disconnect with the Republican Base -- Conservative activists lobbied strongly against the Governor's package. In fact, the Governor failed to convince his own running mate, Tom McClintock, to vote for the package -- undermining the Republican campaign. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation and conservative bloggers railed against the Governor, erasing the faux goodwill at the Republican convention a few weeks ago.
* A Weakened Relationship with the Legislature -- The Governor's relationship is even worse among Democrats, with the Senate president pro tem saying he was "sucker punched" by the Administration. Strategic errors by the Governor's much vaunted new chief-of-staff in negotiations with Republicans (failing to engage them before their retreat where they became in entrenched in their pay-as-you-go philosophy) and in pushing a water storage plan that made no sense to either Republicans or Democrats helped torpedo the deal.
That odor you smell coming out of the first floor in the Capitol is lame duck…
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posted by Roger Salazar & Andrew Acosta at 2:00 PM
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I'll have the lame duck with the mango salsa for lunch.
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It appears the Governor and his new Bush-powered campaign team has thrown in the towel on his super-sized infrastructure debacle.
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