Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Today, thousands of Californians young and old are packing unionshalls, senior centers, churches and schools around the state to selectdelegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and the number of candidates is unprecedented, theSan Francisco Chronicle reports. For instance, in Barbara Lee's EastBay Congressional district, 101 people are vying for four delegateslots for Barack Obama.

Balancing the budget is hard, as this Sacramento Bee article pointsout, and sometimes the kind of non-partisan solutions offered  byLegislative Analyst Liz Hill are ignored. The balance becomes harderwhen Republicans insist on calling every proposed tax increase "stifling."

For more on Republican budget hypocrisy, check out this Calitics piece, which breaks down what exactly the GOP means by "economic growth."

Poor Tom McClintock. He's being labeled a carpetbagger by the Doug Ose campaign and he won't even be eligible to vote for himself.The Bee reports that McClintock has taken advantage of California'sloose rules on residency, living with his family in suburban Sacramentobut having the "intention" of returning to his Southern Californiadistrict. I guess the real question is: is he a carpetbagger now, orwas he one before?

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