Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

"If you really want to get a Congressman, I'm the one who is left."These were the words of Rep. John Doolittle, the Roseville Republican,explaining that FBI agents raided his house because he refused toconfess to a crime he did not commit. Doolittle went on to claim that the raid was orchestratedto make it look like Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez had no qualmsabout going after Republicans. As for "getting him," maybe there's sometruth to that. But it's not going to happen at a Justice Departmenthearing. It's going to happen at the ballot box

Gov. Schwarzenegger is not delivering on his promise of education reform,the Sacramento Bee editorialized today. Despite his pronouncement thatbetter data was needed, the state still fails to track students throughtheir educational career. Unfortunately, this seems to be indicative ofa lot of Arnold's reform items. He says the right things, poses for aphoto-op, gives the obligatory nod to "post-partisanship." Then hedoesn't even come up with a piece of legislation. I don't think that'sthe Arnold Californians overwhelmingly re-elected last year.

Health care reform is another question mark for the Governor as legislation continues to not exist. But he is making the right gestures,including a meeting with Safeway CEO Steve Burd, who has boldly comeout in favor of universal health care despite the knee-jerk oppositionof most business lobbying groups. Partnerships with business areessential to this effort. We're looking for the follow-through.

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