by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

This is Lucas posting on Dday's computer from Chicago.  We've had a great chance to talk to several California candidates here, and some are getting some big attention at the national level.  Case in point, please go check out the THREE hours of liveblogging at Firedoglake done earlier today by Russ Warner, Democrat running against David Dreier in CA-26. And as always, don't forget to rekindle your deep love and affection for the great work of Howie Klein and everyone at FDL.

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

First, I think it is obvious that we allow anonymous, well, actually pseudonymous, blogging here. There are a number of bloggers at varying levels of anonymity here.  For my own part, I began this site as sfbriancl, a derivative of my name (The C standing for Charles, the SF for...uh...SF). And jsw, well, those are Jeremy's initials. Juls seems pretty easy to link to Julia Rosen, same with dday. Lucas was Lucas from the get-go.  And we also gave you most of that information in the About Page. But, I guess there was still enough to attack on the basis of anonymity.

Flip it over, please...

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by dday [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by dday [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

You would think that a governor would try to step in on July 16 when a budget is due July 1.  And you would think he would be doing everything he can to manage the prison crisis given the rapidly approaching deadline when judges may cap the number of inmates.  But you're just not post-partisan (or lazy as hell, you choose).

last week closed with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attention thousands of miles east as he ventured to Florida for a turn before the cameras and a $25,000-per-table Republican party fundraiser.

To Capitol insiders, the trip was the latest troubling evidence that despite the many big issues before him, the governor's interest in the nuts and bolts of governing has ebbed. Splashy announcements remain his trademark, but after the cameras pack up, Schwarzenegger has often not followed through. As a result, key parts of his agenda are foundering.

I think my biggest problem with those paragraphs is the word "ebbed."  When was he EVER interested in governing?  Sure, he likes magazine covers, and getting to wear anything with the California state seal on it, but actually GOVERNING.  Not his style.

Over...

by dday [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

by dday [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]