From Duane W. Gang’s article in the Press Enterprise: Jack Pitney, a Claremont McKenna College government professor, said local officials might resent Feinstein’s push to act but it could prove effective.”I think many will want to act on their own rather than have Washington intervene,” Pitney said. “I would look at what has happened in… Continue Reading
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CRA: Another Step for Voters First
The California Voters First effort put in place a significant piece of its election puzzle with the nearly unanimous endorsement of the California Republican Assembly. This endorsement highlights the grassroots nature of this effort: while the party leaders on both sides hold back, the grassroots are getting riled up. This measure’s “Six Steps to Independence”… Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney on Immigration and '08
From Steve Geissinger’s article in the San Jose Mercury News: “Much of the debate has been about ‘Gotcha!’ instead of substance,” said Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College. “On immigration, Republicans spend a great deal of time with such matters as the illegals who worked on Romney’s mansion. On Iraq, Democrats… Continue Reading
“Californians call shots, set agenda in the 110th”
So runs the title of Jonathan E. Kaplan’s article in The Hill: Californians have “infiltrated all the different power centers in the House so they heavily influence the dialogue,†former Democratic Whip Tony Coelho (Calif.) said. *** The Bay Area Californians have known each other their entire professional lives from having served in the California… Continue Reading
Schrag on PPIC Conference & Redistricting UPDATED
From Peter Schrag’s Sac Bee column on the PPIC conference: The implicit message here: Beware of excessive enthusiasm for political reform. It was a useful message for goo-goos to hear. *** As to reforming the redistricting process, to quote Burton, ordinary people don’t “give a s—.” As Brown said, every legislator does what his or… Continue Reading
Redistricting and the Courts in Wisconsin
From Mark Pitsch’s article in the Wisconsin State Journal: The Legislature ‘s top Republican says the Wisconsin Supreme Court is exceeding its authority by drafting plans to rewrite the boundaries of voting districts. *** The Supreme Court says it has to be ready to write legislative district maps in the event lawmakers can ‘t agree… Continue Reading
“Incumbents, Beware”
That’s the title of Josh Kraushaar’s article in Politico, writing about developing Congressional primary battles: An unusually large number of members of Congress are being seriously challenged in primaries this election cycle… *** Unlike in past election cycles, when redistricting or ethical misconduct has largely driven the primary challenges, many of these newfound challenges are… Continue Reading
Dr. Pitney in Whittier Daily News
From Troy Anderson’s article in today’s Whittier Daily News: For the first time in more than a decade, a high-stakes race is under way for a Los Angeles County supervisor seat in an election that could significantly reshape the region’s longtime political power base.While still months before voters hit the polls, Los Angeles City Councilman… Continue Reading
IRI at USC
I just realized we don’t have a link to the Initiative & Referendum Institute of the University of Southern California on our side bar. If you think there is a resource, organization, or other websites that we should link to, please let us know. Continue Reading
Redistricting Roundup
Dan Weintraub asks whether or not the Governor is “headed for another debacle at the polls, ala 2005?” And if the Democrats oppose the redistricting initiative, it will almost certainly go down. Recent history around the country — and here — suggests that no attempt to reform redistricting can succeed without the support of the… Continue Reading