February 26th, 2008 09:51pm
Read our top two letters of the day . . .
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February 22nd, 2008 11:04pm
Can Hillary Clinton manage to win at Ohio hold ‘em?
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A caller to our office today was angry at our headline today: “Clinton draws jeers in debate.” “Why do you always focus on the negative,” she asked. “Why didn’t you focus on the standing ovation she got at the end?”It was a fair complaint, although her Xerox comment did go over like a lead balloon.The comment also didn’t make sense. She said: “(L)ifting whole passages from someone else’s speeches is … Read More »
February 20th, 2008 08:20pm
Growing, growing … gone
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The Legislature’s chief number-cruncher released her analysis of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget today — and the news wasn’t good.
Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill
February 19th, 2008 05:03pm
San Francisco official blasts Sonoma County for closing psych unit
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In a letter sent to The Press Democrat (to be published on Wednesday), San Francisco Controller Ed Harrington takes Sonoma County to task for its care of people with mental health needs. (Harrington is responding to a story last week about Memorial Hospital’s decision to close the county’s last inpatient psychiatric unit. This followed a similar decision by the county to shut down its inpatient psychiatric services … Read More »
February 12th, 2008 04:28pm
Are North Coast Democrats ready to forgive Joe Nation?
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The decision by former North Bay Assemblyman Joe Nation to enter the already competitive Democratic race for the 3rd District State Senate seat certainly complicates things. Incumbent Sen. Carole Migden already faced a couple of formidable challengers in San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno and San Francisco Police Commissoner Joe Alioto Veronese, a civil rights attorney.The big question is how Nation’s bid will further divide the Democratic vote in a … Read More »
February 7th, 2008 02:53pm
Good-bye to Romney
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Just before we started the Editorial Board meeting at 10 a.m., the news came across the wire that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was dropping out of the race.
“If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win,” Romney said at the Conservative Political Action Committee … Read More »
February 6th, 2008 11:19pm
Looking back at Tuesday – and ahead to November
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Sonoma State University Political Science Professor David McCuan issued some interesting observations today about Tuesday’s election returns.
“If we’ve learned anything during this primary season,” he wrote, “it is that the voters defy easy analysis. From misconstrued polls to the absence of reasonable scrutiny, voters have bucked being on the proverbial couch for analysis. But one thing has remained clear: The fight over the direction of the major political parties … Read More »
February 6th, 2008 02:43am
Now the races go into overtime . . .
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Tuesday was supposed to be a defining moment in the 2008 presidential race. With delegates from an unprecedented two dozen states up for grabs, it was the night when the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees were to be determined ” with California being the deciding factor.But it didn’t quite turn out that way. Instead, it was a night of splintered results and a few surprises.On the Democratic side, … Read More »
February 6th, 2008 12:53am
Observations from some astute observers
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Local political consultant Herb Williams had a couple of pithy observations about the local and statewide results.
On Propositions 94-97 (Indian gambling), which are losing 32-68 in Sonoma County and are virtually tied statewide: “If you don’t live near a casino you will vote for the measures. If you live near a casino, you will vote against them.”
On the Democratic presidential race: “It’s worthy of note that throughout California there were … Read More »
February 6th, 2008 12:26am
Finally. Some state and local results….
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Sonoma County’s Registrar of Voters has released the first batch of local results, based on early absentee ballots.
Hillary Clinton has 47 percent, Barack Obama, 40 percent, and John Edwards, 10 percent (I’ll bet those voters wish they had their ballots back).
And the 10 percent of GOP voters who voted for Rudy Giuliani are probably feeling the same way. John McCain is leading the local GOP vote with 50 … Read More »
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