Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the defeat of Proposition 93,which would have extended term limits for state legislators, will proveto be an unfortunate distraction from addressing the budget crisis and other issues facing the state. Jockeying over who will succeedlame-duck leaders in the Assembly and the Senate began as soon as 53%of voters rejected the measure.

The Sac Bee, nevertheless, is excited about the prospect of the first Senate President Pro Tem from Sacramento in over a century, should frontrunner Sen. Darrell Steinberg gain the position. A “nice guy” who’ll fix the levees sounds like a win-win for Sac.