California / the West
The Los Angeles Times endorses San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom over L.A. City council member Janice Hahn on the Democratic side for lieutenant governor, saying "whoever fills the job must be ready to become governor at a moment's notice. Newsom, for all his cockiness, is a dynamic leader — one who is more suited than Hahn to guide the state." LAT editorial
Meg Whitman is coming off an extraordinary successful quarter – at least when it comes to adding money for her campaign. California Watch. Plus: Her tax return for 2008 shows Carly Fiorina and her husband had income of more than $2.75 million. LAT
Tom Campbell: Arizona immigration law is constitutional
Poizner's tilt right is in keeping with record
Building sell-off slammed - Report says guv's plan to unload buildings would lose state $1.5 billion...
CA gov backs health overhaul...
Franken to raise money with SNL alums at LA event...
Weren’t we supposed to be boycotting California for its homophobia?...
Tourism chief opposes Arizona boycott - SF's Joe D'Alessandro says it could hurt the very people it is trying to support...
Newsom edging toward the boycott bandwagon...
SF's Proposed Arizona Boycott Threatens Job Program...
‘Little decisions’ could have big impact - The bad news we already know: San Francisco has a $483 million budget deficit that must be resolved before June 1.
Gavin - he was against the post of Lt. Gov. before he was for it...
The Economy / Wall Street
Volatile Jobs Data Point To Uneven Recovery...
Goldman's Gift to Democrats - "Lawmakers have been haggling over financial reform for 18 months, but it took Goldman Sachs just one day to get it done," the Washington Post reports. "Of course, the Wall Street giant wasn't intending to get the financial legislation done. Quite the opposite: Like most in the investment world, Goldman would generally prefer that regulators leave it and its billions of dollars of profits alone. But when Goldman executives faced a Senate panel on Tuesday, their performance was so obnoxious, their contempt for lawmakers so palpable, that their appearance had the effect of dissolving the Republican resistance to what Democrats are now calling 'Wall Street reform.'"
U.S. / Politics
Bush Was Right - Obama’s predecessor would have passed immigration reform if not for 9/11. He was correct to shift focus then—and Obama shouldn’t let the Arizona debacle force him to push for a new law during an election year...
Senate Dems will move campaign finance legislation before July 4...
Republicans Eye Three Symbolic Senate Seats - Washington Post: ""Every now and then, there comes a congressional race so fraught with history and symbolism that it becomes as much about sending a message as winning a seat. This year, Republicans are looking to hit the trifecta in the Senate. As things stand now, they are well within striking distance of winning President Obama's old seat in Illinois and Vice President Biden's former perch in Delaware, and of toppling Majority Leader Harry M. Reid in Nevada."
Senate Democrats to unveil immigration plan
Reid Still Trails Badly - A new Rasmussen survey in Nevada finds Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) still struggling against his possible Republican challengers. Sue Lowden (R) is ahead 52% to 39%, Danny Tarkanian (R) leads 51% to 41%, and Sharron Angle (R) is in front 48% to 40%.
Al Gore buys $8.8 million ocean-view villa...
The Most Polarized Congress in Modern History - William Galston: "The current Congress -- the 111th -- is the most ideologically polarized in modern history. In both the House and the Senate, the most conservative Democrat is more liberal than is the most liberal Republican. If one defines the congressional 'center' as the overlap between the two parties, the center has disappeared."
Motor City Madman Backs Palin - Rock star Ted Nugent endorses Sarah Palin: "We who are driven to be assets to our families, communities and our beloved country connect with the principles that Sarah Palin embodies. We know that bureaucrats and, even more, Fedzilla, are not the solution; they are the problem. I'd be proud to share a moose-barbecue campfire with the Palin family anytime, so long as I can shoot the moose."
McCain Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Hayworth - A new Public Policy Polling survey in Arizona finds the Republican U.S. Senate primary much closer than a Rocky Mountain poll released yesterday. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) leads challenger J.D. Hayworth (R), 46% to 35%, though a majority of Republicans think "he's too lenient on immigration" and a plurality feel that "he's too liberal in general." Hayworth actually leads McCain 46% to 38% with conservative voters. But McCain's 60% to 15% advantage with moderates is so overwhelming that it allows him the double digit lead...
Al Gore - feeling the heat over his new digs...
International
Tribal elders refuse to return to former Pakistani Taliban base, jeopardizing military gains...
Saddam's loyalists in Syria blast US...
Gordon Brown's Disastrous Day - The British prime minister’s spectacular gaffe has further imperiled his faltering campaign. Alex Massie on how upstart Nick Clegg is taking advantage—and what he wants...
Latin America Will Expand In 2010...
AHMADINEJAD TO ATTEND CONFERENCE AT UN NEXT WEEK...
US Navy has encounter with Iranian jet...
US gives $2.5 million more to help pay for Charles Taylor war crimes trial...
Iran's Ahmadinejad - coming soon to a UN near you...
Defense / Terrorism-related
Could drone pilots be tried for war crimes?...
Navy to allow women to serve on subs...
Health/tech/science/Environment
APPLE WANTED A “PUBLIC EXECUTION” in the iPhone case?...
Steve Jobs' scathing bash of Flash - Apple CEO lays out 6 reasons why he won't support the Adobe technology on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch...
Water Ice and Organic Material Found for First Time on Asteroid...
U.S. Escalates Oil Spill Response...
Microsoft Tablet Project Shelved...
Google to Show TV Software in May...
Boss Jobs...
The start of something bad?
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