New Blog on "Blockbuster Democracy" Predicts Defeat for Schwarzenegger/Republican Redistricting Initiative

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

If anybody knows about Arnold Schwarzenegger and initiatives, it's Joe Mathews. Joe is ex of the LA Times, and wrote "The People's Machine," the definitive chronicle of Schwarzenegger's first years as playing the role of Governor. Joe has a new blog, "Blockbuster Democracy" that should be a must-read for all Arnold watchers and Golden State political junkies. (That name, Joe once told me, is what he wanted to title his book but publishers had a better idea. Or not.)
 
Anyway, the blog is out of the box with its first prediction: that the latest Schwarzenegger redistricting initiative, being financed by right-wing Republican groups and fronted by good government types, is destined to die a quick death if it qualifies. (Btw, it's up to $1.50 per signature now on the streets. So much for the goodie-gov groups being able to use their forces to get it on the ballot). Here's what Mathews says:
 
"Look for apathy (recession and budget revenues will outweigh redistricting in voters' minds) and partisan objections to sink this measure too. It's become almost an iron law of California politics: reapportionment measures fail."
 
No matter how much lipstick Common Cause tries to smear on this pig, the poorly-crafted initiative already has political observers describing it as roadkill. And that's a good thing.