A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country. Their lawyer says the five, who are from the Washington, D.C. area, were actually heading to Afghanistan.
** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama comes to California next month to campaign for Senator Barbara Boxer, with a big fundraiser in Los Angeles and other events. … That suspiciously slow count of Iraq’s March 7th parliamentary elections continues, with a major plot twist. With about 80% of the vote counted, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s slate is surprisingly running neck and neck with the more secular slate of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, whose family actually lives in Britain, where he lived for half his life.
** THE MITT & MEG SHOW: “TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS” Billionaire Meg Whitman, the seeming political cipher who would be governor of California, is purchasing endless amounts of unanswered advertising. It’s propelled her into a slight lead over Democrat Jerry Brown in the new Field Poll, something which Brown (who’s held, lost, and held again leads in many campaigns) told me weeks ago that he expected.
Yet she has serious problems. At this past weekend’s state Republican convention, she tried to deal with two of them: Her avoidance of the press and her mysterious motivation as a newfound politician.
As a character, Meg Whitman lacks evident psychological credibility. Why is someone with no engagement in public affairs before her sudden leadership role in the 2008 Republican presidential campaigns — someone who couldn’t even be bothered to vote, and can’t say how long she’s lived in California — suddenly running for governor of the state?
Conservative Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Whitman’s business mentor, provides the answer. It was his idea that Whitman run for governor, and he convinced her to do it. …
** CALIFORNIA OPEN PRIMARY ADVOCATES WIN FINAL COURT VICTORY. After a court victory late last week, advocates of the open primary initiative on the June ballot, Proposition 14, this morning won a final victory in the California state court of appeals over an effort by open primary opponents to re-write the ballot summary and fiscal impact statement for the initiative.
The state Legislature passed the open primary act last year as part of a compromise state budget deal, placing it on the June ballot with designated descriptive language. But in early March, the big California School Employees Association (CSEA) went to court to try to change the wording to something more negative and, lo and behold, the Legislative Counsel’s office refused to defend the wording adopted by the Legislature. Not a surprise, when you understand that Leg Counsel, despite being non-partisan, works for the Democratic legislative leadership, which in turn is heavily influenced by some public employee unions who like the system the way it is. Like the CSEA, which gave over $400,000 last year to Democratic politicians.
What was a surprise is that the measure’s proponents say they received no notice of this, and learned of it only on a blog. And in a further surprise, in point of fact if not politically, Legislative Counsel operation was willing not only to not defend the measure but to concur in a stipulated agreement to strip the measure of supportive statements that make it attractive to voters.
Once that was revealed, the legislative operation backed away from that position. Open primary advocates, a coalition that includes Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, several reform groups, and former state Controller Steve Westly and Governor Gray Davis, were granted standing to oppose the move. They have now prevailed, and passage of the initiative appears likely.
The initiative, which would force candidates to appeal to a general election audience from the beginning, will cause general election campaigns to feature the top two candidates in the primary, regardless of party. It is opposed by both major political parties and Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner.
** NEW POLL: DEMOCRATS HAVE SLIGHT EDGE IN CONGRESSIONAL PREFERENCE. There is no question that Congress is highly unpopular. And there is no question that the far too lengthy debate over the national health care reform bill has fed a firestorm of controversy.
Yet there is also no question that Congressional Republicans are highly unpopular.
Voters disapprove of the Republicans in Congress by a ratio of nearly 3 to 1.
And so the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll gives Democrats a slight edge over Republicans on the question of which party should control Congress, 45% to 42%.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The White House has gone green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. They do the same thing with the river in Chicago.
** CALIFORNIA FIELD POLL: WHITMAN HAS NARROW LEAD OVER JERRY BROWN, HUGE LEAD OVER POIZNER. As I reported here yesterday, a new Field Poll screened for likely California voters shows billionaire Meg Whitman moving into a slight lead over Democrat Jerry Brown in November’s race for governor. And a huge lead over her super-rich Republican primary rival, state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.
Brown sources told me weeks ago that they expected Whitman to take a lead on the strength of her massive uncontested advertising.
It’s Whitman 46%, Brown 43%, which is within the margin of error of the poll. And Whitman 63%, Poizner 14%. Which is not within the margin of error of the poll.
The Irish-Catholic Brown leads Poizner, 49% to 32%. That’s about the same as it’s been throughout.
Whitman, as you know, has been spending millions for months on advertising. Poizner has only recently gone on the air, in a muddled TV ad which tries to do too many things in 30 seconds. Brown is husbanding his resources for the general election.
Despite heavy hype in some elements of the press, notably the San Francisco Chronicle, rather prematurely announced Democratic independent expenditure committees still have spent no appreciable amounts of money on advertising against the very rich Republican contenders.
One committee launched with great fanfare in the Chronicle on February 10th.
At least on the surface, the independent expenditure situation is as I reported it was nearly a month ago.
Whitman’s advertising presents her as essentially a non-partisan figure, whereas her actual positions are those of a big business conservative in the fashion of her mentor, conservative Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who identified himself as the intellectual author of her candidacy at their joint appearance this past Friday night at the California Republican Party’s convention banquet in Santa Clara.
** OBAMA TODAY. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
President Barack Obama is in Washington today.
There is a very large St. Patrick’s Day theme to the day, on the surface. Beneath the surface, attention is focused on the national health care reform bill and worsened relations with Israel in the wake of new clashes on the West Bank over an expansion of settlements there.
Obama has received the daily intelligence and economic briefings in the Oval Office.
He then met with the Taoiseach of Ireland Brian Cowen in the Oval Office.
At 9:35 AM Pacific, Obama delivers remarks at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the Capitol. The taoiseach and Vice President Joe Biden also attend.
At 4:25 PM Pacific, Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama host a St. Patrick’s Day reception in the East Room.
For his part, Biden hosted a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast at the Naval Observatory
Tonight Biden delivers remarks at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Moscow today and tomorrow to work on closing the new nuclear arms treaty with Russia and to meet with other members of the Quartet powers on the Middle East (U.S., Russia, European Union, and United Nations).
Clinton is meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President Dmitri Medvedev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on nuclear weapons and other security-related matters.
Clinton and U.S. special envoy to Middle East George Mitchell will meet on the stalled Israeli/Palestinian peace process with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon, EU foreign secretary Catherine Ashton, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Quartet special envoy.
Erstwhile ultra-left presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, a congressman from Cleveland, Ohio who had previously opposed the national health care reform bill because it is not the government-run system he favors, announced this morning that he is switching his No vote to Yes.
With the national health care reform bill reaching its final stages, Obama also finds himself this week managing a crisis with Israel. It comes just before the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) meeting in Washington, which is drawing Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to town.
In the wake of last week’s snub of visiting Vice President Joe Biden in the form of the announcement of 1600 new housing units for the hotly disputed West Bank, Obama rescinded the scheduled trip to the region this week of Middle East envoy George Mitchell. Meanwhile, Palestinians are protesting the proposed increased Israeli settlement presence in East Jerusalem. Israel captured the area from Jordan in the Six Day War of 1967.
Palestinain protests turned violent yesterday and today.
Obama is also monitoring geopolitical crises in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.
In Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal is placing all but a few special operations units under his direct purview. The move comes in the wake of continued high civilian casualties during special forces missions.
In Iran, the regime is now saying it is willing to exchange its uranium for enriched uranium. But only within Iran, and at once.
** FROM THE ARNOLD FILE. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is in Los Angeles and Sacramento today.
He holds private talks in and around the Capitol.
Presented with only a fraction of the solutions he’d sought California’s chronic budget crisis, Schwarzenegger has vetoed all but a fraction of that, placing the remarkably slow-moving legislative process back at square one.
** MEG WHITMAN’S NEW! IMPROVED! POST-JOURNALISM! POLITICS. Something new and more than a little bizarre is busy being born in California. Call it post-journalism politics.
Billionaire Meg Whitman has been spending feverishly for months on an advertising blitz, trying first to purchase the Republican nomination for governor and, ultimately, the governorship itself. After a number of terrible performances in press conferences and interviews with knowledgeable reporters, the former national co-chair of the McCain/Palin campaign and her high-priced handlers have decided to drop the pretense of normal campaign engagement, dispensing entirely with press conferences. …
In very stark contrast to Whitman and her bloated, big budget would-be blockbuster of a campaign, Jerry Brown is pursuing what might be described as a cinema verite campaign. … From my March 12th column.
** IS MEG WHITMAN LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER? YES (IN THE WRONG WAYS) Is billionaire Meg Whitman, the former McCain/Palin campaign co-chair who seeks to replace action movie superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger as the governor of California, like Schwarzenegger?
It’s a question that her ultra-megabucks campaign clearly doesn’t like. The heavily programmed career corporate marketing executive goes out of her way to distinguish herself from the multiple times Mr. Universe. She was a CEO, of a company you may have heard of, eBay. And in case you hadn’t heard that and you live in California, she’s spent many millions of dollars for months on ads telling you about it. After all, it is her sole claim to fame. Whereas, in her view, Schwarzeneggger was merely a jock turned entertainer. (Not that she mentions her not so excellent eBay era adventures with, say, Skype, Craigslist, and Goldman Sachs. So I won’t, either.)
Whitman hates the comparison with Schwarzenegger, a comparison which is nonetheless obvious as both she and Schwarzenegger are Republicans, both are super-rich, and neither had any experience in elected office before deciding to run for governor of California. Why does she hate it? Well, Schwarzenegger, while still personally popular, has seen his once record job approval rating plummet with the global recession and the state’s gridlocked budget process. And he’s turned out to be too liberal for the increasingly right-leaning party whose nomination she is trying to win.
As someone who knew Schwarzenegger and talked with him extensively before he ran for governor in the 2003 California recall election — and who began scouting Whitman, putting together several hours of film of her, when she suddenly emerged as national co-chair of the Republican presidential campaign in early 2008 — it occurs to me that Whitman is like Schwarzenegger.
But in the wrong ways. (Keep in mind that I’m referring to the Schwarzenegger who suddenly jumped from promoting Terminator 3 into running for governor in 2003.) … From my March 9th column.
** IS OBAMA’S AFPAK STRATEGY ACTUALLY WORKING? … From my March 5th column.
** THE CALIFORNIA AS FIRST “FAILED STATE” DEBATE: SCHWARZENEGGER, DAVIS, WHITMAN, AND JERRY BROWN. With Democrat Jerry Brown finally declaring his candidacy for California governor today and billionaire Meg Whitman’s super-rich Republican rival Steve Poizner starting his own TV ad campaign against her, this seems a good time to talk about a big new negative theme about the rather tarnished Golden State. Is California America’s first “failed state?” That’s what a lot of people are saying. So I talked about that with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; the governor he replaced, Gray Davis; and a famous former governor favored to be the next governor, Jerry Brown. … From my March 2nd column.
** SO WHO IS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER ANYWAY? PALIN, ROMNEY, PAUL (!) … … From my February 23rd column.
** MAD MEN: THE STREAK CONTINUES. … From my February 22nd column.
** THE BIGGEST SPENDING RACE IN AMERICA IS UNDERWAY! (WELL, SORT OF.) … From my February 19th column.
** TONY BLAIR’S GHOST (WRITER). … From my February 16th column.
** HOW JERRY BROWN CLEARED THE DEMOCRATIC FIELD FOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA. … From my December 9th column.
** OBAMA: RIDING WITH HISTORY. (NOTE: As Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, this column was the featured column on the top of the front page of the Huffington Post.) … From my January 19th, 2009 Huffington Post column.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Good video of Kucinich doing the right thing on health care.
Dennis the Menace finally comes thru.
Yes, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:08 am
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
When the IEs kick in, Megalomaniac Whitman goes down.
BB: At least on the surface, the independent expenditure situation is as I reported it was nearly a month ago.
Whitman’s advertising presents her as essentially a non-partisan figure, whereas her actual positions are those of a big business conservative in the fashion of her mentor, conservative Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who identified himself as the intellectual author of her candidacy at their joint appearance this past Friday night at the California Republican Party convention’s banquet in Santa Clara.
Whitman? Uh-uh.
When you need Crackpot Kucinich you know the vote is close.
At a bad time, Dems still have the edge.
** NEW POLL: DEMOCRATS HAVE SLIGHT EDGE IN CONGRESSIONAL PREFERENCE.
Heard Phil Matier on KNX try to talk up Meg’s 3%. Eh.
Sounds like an OK year but water storage not being replenished for longterm…
Summary of Water Conditions
March 1, 2010
February was near average in precipitation statewide but generally weak in the northern half of the State. As a result snowpack accumulations were significantly less than average for the month, leaving the overall March 1 snowpack just slightly over average. All of the water supply parameters are better than a year ago but not enough to end the drought. About a quarter of the rain season is left; precipitation in the next couple of months can make quite a difference in available water supplies.
Forecasts of April through July runoff are 90 percent of average compared to 75 percent last year at this time, being higher on the upper Sacramento and in the southern Sierra and less in the middle Sierra Nevada. Statewide water year runoff forecasts are about 80 percent, less because of relatively low winter season runoff, which is at least partly the effect of the three year drought.
Snowpack water content is about 105 percent of average for this time of year compared to 80 percent last year. The pack is about 95 percent of the April 1 average, the normal date of maximum accumulation.
Precipitation from the October through February was an estimated 105 percent of average statewide compared to 80 percent one year ago. February precipitation was near average overall for the month. Seasonal percentages range from 85 percent in the North Coast region and 90 percent in the North Lahontan
area to 185 percent in the Colorado River-Desert region.
Runoff continues well below average at 65 percent of normal, better than last year’s 45 percent at this time. Estimated runoff of the eight major rivers of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River regions during February was about 2.3 million acre-feet.
Reservoir storage continued to improve slowly during February and was about 85 percent of average statewide compared to 70 percent a year ago. Some reservoirs are lagging, for example, Lake Oroville at 55 percent of average; Trinity Lake at 65 percent and Upper Klamath Lake at 65 percent. However, in Shasta Lake, the largest in-state reservoir, storage is near average for the date.
More video today?
Voters will see through Whitman’s scam…
Capitol Boy says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:23 am
When the IEs kick in, Megalomaniac Whitman goes down.
BB: At least on the surface, the independent expenditure situation is as I reported it was nearly a month ago.
Whitman’s advertising presents her as essentially a non-partisan figure, whereas her actual positions are those of a big business conservative in the fashion of her mentor, conservative Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who identified himself as the intellectual author of her candidacy at their joint appearance this past Friday night at the California Republican Party convention’s banquet in Santa Clara.
I want to know more about the five americans charged with terrorism in Pakistan. We ignore homegrown jihadis to our peril…
Sounds like it’s too good to pass that big water bond…
Dana says:
March 17, 2010 at 10:59 am
Sounds like an OK year but water storage not being replenished for longterm…
Summary of Water Conditions
March 1, 2010
I think that water initiative is looking poorly.
I’ll keep following the story.
> Jack Aubrey says:
March 17, 2010 at 12:04 pm (Edit)
I want to know more about the five americans charged with terrorism in Pakistan. We ignore homegrown jiha
Thanks for the great update!
> Dana says:
March 17, 2010 at 10:59 am (Edit)
Sounds like an OK year but water storage not being replenished for longterm…
Summary of Water Conditions
March 1, 2010
February was near average in precipitation statewide but generally weak in the northern half of the State. As a result snowpack accumulations were significantly less than average for the month, leaving the overall March 1 snowpack just slightly over average. All of the water supply parameters are better than a year ago but not enough to end the drought. About a quarter of the rain season is left; precipitation in the next couple of months can make quite a difference in available water supplies.
More of the usual hype from the Chronicle.
Dana says:
March 17, 2010 at 10:55 am
Heard Phil Matier on KNX try to talk up Meg’s 3%. Eh.
It’s not hard to imagine how she is brought down.
> Capitol Boy says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:23 am (Edit)
When the IEs kick in, Megalomaniac Whitman goes down.
BB: At least on the surface, the independent expenditure situation is as I reported it was nearly a month ago.
Whitman’s advertising presents her as essentially a non-partisan figure, whereas her actual positions are those of a big business conservative in the fashion of her mentor, conservative Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who identified himself as the intellectual author of her candidacy at their joint appearance this past Friday night at the California Republican Party convention’s banquet in Santa Clara.
Indeed.
> Capitol Boy says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:20 am (Edit)
Yes, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:08 am
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Dennis was perilously close to Ralph Nader territory …
> Capitol Boy says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:20 am (Edit)
Dennis the Menace finally comes thru.
Good news video from Pakistan.
Via Mark Evanier’s blog found that Tim Dickinson of Rolling Stone reports “Republicans are actively recruiting younger candidates in the Scott Brown mold, men and women in their 30s and 40s…”
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/32537691/the_gops_dirty_war/print
Article also notes the hope a new contract with America will make country embrace Republicans as agents of change. But unlike in 1994 they now have a reputation of being free spending and cutting taxes only for the wealthy thanks to years running Congress and the Bush failed Presidency — isn’t the Gingrich playbook a bit out of date? Are the Democrats so flatfooted as to let the Republicans get away with this?
Good. The Capitol hacks just don’t get it.
** CALIFORNIA OPEN PRIMARY ADVOCATES WIN FINAL COURT VICTORY. After a court victory late last week, advocates of the open primary initiative on the June ballot, Proposition 14, this morning won a final victory in the California state court of appeals over an effort by open primary opponents to re-write the ballot summary and fiscal impact statement for the initiative.
An excellent article I must say.
If Whitman wins Gruesome Newsom will be the right empty suit to stand beside her empty suit.
** THE MITT & MEG SHOW: “TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS” Billionaire Meg Whitman, the seeming political cipher who would be governor of California, is purchasing endless amounts of unanswered advertising. It’s propelled her into a slight lead over Democrat Jerry Brown in the new Field Poll, something which Brown (who’s held, lost, and held again leads in many campaigns) told me weeks ago that he expected.
Yet she has serious problems. At this past weekend’s state Republican convention, she tried to deal with two of them: Her avoidance of the press and her mysterious motivation as a newfound politician.
As a character, Meg Whitman lacks evident psychological credibility. Why is someone with no engagement in public affairs before her sudden leadership role in the 2008 Republican presidential campaigns — someone who couldn’t even be bothered to vote, and can’t say how long she’s lived in California — suddenly running for governor of the state?
Great piece!! The Mitt & Meg Show, I love it.
Thanks.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
> Truth Teller says:
March 17, 2010 at 4:43 pm (Edit)
An excellent article I must say.
If Whitman wins Gruesome Newsom will be the right empty suit to stand beside her empty suit.
** THE MITT & MEG SHOW: “TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS” Billionaire Meg Whitman, the seeming political cipher who would be governor of California, is purchasing endless amounts of unanswered advertising. It’s propelled her into a slight lead over Democrat Jerry Brown in the new Field Poll, something which Brown (who’s held, lost, and held again leads in many campaigns) told me weeks ago that he expected.
Yet she has serious problems. At this past weekend’s state Republican convention, she tried to deal with two of them: Her avoidance of the press and her mysterious motivation as a newfound politician.
As a character, Meg Whitman lacks evident psychological credibility. Why is someone with no engagement in public affairs before her sudden leadership role in the 2008 Republican presidential campaigns — someone who couldn’t even be bothered to vote, and can’t say how long she’s lived in California — suddenly running for governor of the state?
I don’t really see a new political compact emerging out of the latest Republicanism. It’s too incoherent and angry.
> Dana says:
March 17, 2010 at 2:15 pm (Edit)
Via Mark Evanier’s blog found that Tim Dickinson of Rolling Stone reports “Republicans are actively recruiting younger candidates in the Scott Brown mold, men and women in their 30s and 40s…”
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/32537691/the_gops_dirty_war/print
Article also notes the hope a new contract with America will make country embrace Republicans as agents of change. But unlike in 1994 they now have a reputation of being free spending and cutting taxes only for the wealthy thanks to years running Congress and the Bush failed Presidency — isn’t the Gingrich playbook a bit out of date? Are the Democrats so flatfooted as to let the Republicans get away with this?
Yes, in a bad news sort of way …
> Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 12:47 pm (Edit)
Good news video from Pakistan.
Meg Whitman’s theme song is “Taking Care of Business??!!” For reals? That’s frakkin’ unbelieveable.
Why is this person allowed here?
Oh, I see he’s not.
I believe health care is finally going to pass. It will be a great win for the President.
Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:09 am
Good video of Kucinich doing the right thing on health care.
What new video today?
What can be done about the problem?
Bill Bradley says:
March 17, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Yes, in a bad news sort of way …
> Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 12:47 pm (Edit)
Good news video from Pakistan.
Incidentally, NWN passed 94,000 comments sometime in the past week or so.
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The problem of homegrown jihadism? We have to study where it’s coming from, and why, and begin to deal with that, as well as have strong counter-intelligence.
> Jonas Blane says:
March 18, 2010 at 6:19 am (Edit)
What can be done about the problem?
Bill Bradley says:
March 17, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Yes, in a bad news sort of way …
> Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 12:47 pm (Edit)
Good news video from Pakistan.
Obama’s trip to Indonesia, and the impact of attacks against Al Qaeda cadre.
> Jonas Blane says:
March 18, 2010 at 6:18 am (Edit)
What new video today?
It’s lining up for this weekend.
> marcos leon says:
March 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm (Edit)
I believe health care is finally going to pass. It will be a great win for the President.
Jonas Blane says:
March 17, 2010 at 9:09 am
Good video of Kucinich doing the right thing on health care.
It is, indeed …
> Jack Aubrey says:
March 17, 2010 at 5:57 pm (Edit)
Meg Whitman’s theme song is “Taking Care of Business??!!” For reals? That’s frakkin’ unbelieveable.