Mark Baldassare
Mark Baldassare
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It's reasonably good news for the governor on a number of levels. It seems many Californians continue to be pulling for the governor.
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The challenge for him this time is really twofold: first of all, he's got very strong disapproval ratings among the voters, who are opposing his measures, particularly Democrats, and secondly, there is a very substantial amount of money that is being spent on the 'no' side.
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The meaning for the average person watching the ... demonstrations is that this is a very serious movement, a large issue, and it's not going to go away. People now have a face and they have a story that goes along with what they had previously viewed as a pretty abstract concept, illegal immigration.
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The Legislature has been looking at the calendar for elections rather than the calendar for legislation. The balance of power has shifted from the legislative cycle to the election cycle.
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The March primary was an experiment that didn't work. Nationally, it didn't really put California in the driver's seat for the presidential election and at the state level, campaigns didn't really have time to get off the ground.