Visiting with the Cal Chamber: My Three Hours in the Lion's Den Talking Schwarzenegger, Redistricting, and Poizner

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

On Thursday I was invited to be on a panel at the California Chamber of Commerce's Advocacy Day in Sacramento. It was a chance for the big business community -- which is lopsidedly Republican -- to get a take on the results of the February election and start plotting for their June and November campaigns.
 
Although it has been quiet lately -- probably still smarting from Gov. Schwarzenegger joining Assembly Democrats in pushing for health care legislation -- the Chamber remains a powerful political force, aiding and abetting conservative causes and often intervening in Democratic primaries for business-friendly candidates. So of course I was delighted to provide the Democratic viewpoint on a panel with Alan Hoffenblum, the Republican campaigner who is co-publisher of The Target Book, and GOP consultant Kevin Spillane, late of the No on 93 campaign. I also sat in on the lunch address by Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and a presentation on the "Voters First" redistricting initiative by the governor's staff and a GOP consultant.

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