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Bob There! (New Hampshire)

by Kim Stevens [courtesy of Party Line]


I just got off the phone with Bob Mulholland, reporting in from New Hampshire.  He’s been braving the snow back east since late last week and has already attended several rallies, including Edwards, Obama and Clinton. 

Bob described lots of excitement and momentum, with the Democratic candidates drawing huge crowds -- and the multiple Republicans, well, not so much.  Although Bob did say that the Ron Paul campaign had several dozen "volunteers" on the phones drumming up support.

Bob stopped by a local diner (as did Sacramento NBC affiliate political reporter Kevin Riggs) to check out Huckabee (and possible vice presidential candidate Chuck Norris?), but apparently Huckabee’s campaign is in such disarray that Mike and Chuck had come and gone an hour before scheduled.

Hopefully Bob will get another chance to see Walker, Texas Ranger in action!

No Vote on the California State Budget, But Some Interesting Developments: Tasty Morsels from the Hallways of the Capitol

[courtesy of California Progress Report]

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By Frank D. Russo

No white smoke yet from the Capitol on a budget agreement, and it would probably violate clean air rules anyway.

There’s no official word, other than the budget vote today has been postponed following a meeting last night that the Speaker of the Assembly described as “productive,” and that legislative leaders are expected to meet throughout the day with staff on the budget.

But hanging out in the hallways, there are a few bits of information to chew upon. Reporters are on a semi stakeout in the Rotunda near the Speaker’s office.

The following is a transcript of the Speaker's hallway interview this morning with KCRA-TV's Kevin Riggs and Araceli Martinez of La Opinion.

Q: The fact that there’s been a cancellation of this budget vote today, am I to interpret that to mean there’s some serious progress being made?

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